Ag News

A southeast Minnesota farmer says he thinks it will probably be another year before corn prices stay consistently above $4 dollars. Ed McNamara from Goodhue County tells Brownfield there are some factors that could change [Read More…]

Karen Plaut has been named dean of the Purdue University College of Agriculture. Plaut, who has been serving as interim dean since former dean Jay Akridge became Provost, will begin her role on May 21. [Read More…]

Brandon Nowak of St. Paul, Nebraska took on a seed dealership five years ago, when he returned to the farm after college–and he says it’s one of the best things he could have done.  Not only [Read More…]

Wisconsin Farmers Union is asking farmers and consumers about the Wisconsin Cheese label. A Farmers Union online survey is asking six questions including how much of the milk in a Wisconsin Cheese should come from [Read More…]

Dry weather has helped Missouri farmers get their crops planted but extension experts say the lack of soil moisture could become a real problem. Adam Casner, who farms in Carrollton, in west-central Missouri, tells Brownfield [Read More…]

Corteva Agriscience, the ag division of DowDuPont, and Monsanto say they’ve reached a licensing agreement on insect control technology for corn rootworm in the U.S. and Canada. The companies say the collaboration enables the development [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed lower on technical pressure.  Long liquidation and the lack of support from the cash and wholesale markets are pressuring prices.  There is still concern over the amount [Read More…]

Governor Dayton has issued an executive order to increase fertilizer access for Minnesota farmers. The order temporarily eases regulations on hours of service for motor carriers and drivers delivering fertilizer. Citing a late spring with [Read More…]

Ten state Farm Bureau presidents from across the Midwest are calling for an end to trade disputes with China. And they’ve sent a letter to U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue urging him to work with [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production jumped last week, while stocks contracted. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.058 million barrels a day, up 18,000 on the week, as the industry continues to prepare for increased [Read More…]

The Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency told a Senate subcommittee action on WOTUS is coming soon.  Scott Pruitt confirms the proposed withdrawal of the Waters of the U.S. or WOTUS rule has not been [Read More…]

  The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has terminated the process to create an organic checkoff. The agency says uncertain industry support and outstanding issues with the program led to terminating the rule making process. Organic [Read More…]

Debate on the House version of the farm bill might start today. House Ag Committee Chairman Michael Conaway says he is pleased the bill has the support of President Trump for its proposed reforms to [Read More…]

Trade talks between U.S. and Chinese officials are set to resume in Washington today. It’s the second round to talks between the two countries. The first meeting in China in early May ended without any [Read More…]

  While overall U.S. corn planting progress is close to normal, parts of the Upper Midwest are more than two weeks behind because of late April snow and frequent rains the first half of May. [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, a broken line of showers stretches from Michigan to Missouri. The rain is slowing a previously rapid fieldwork pace, but is benefiting recently emerged corn and soybeans. In Illinois, soybeans were [Read More…]

Rental rates for Iowa farmland increased this year for the first time since 2013, according to an Iowa State University Extension survey. Rental rates increased by an average of 1.4 percent to 222 dollars per [Read More…]

The Missouri Soybean Association has started its Foundation for Soy Innovation.  Missouri Soybean CEO Gary Wheeler says priorities for the Foundation are research, business development and marketing, and to educate current and future generations working [Read More…]

An Illinois farmer says he got lucky with some much-needed rain last week, “We were very, very dry going into last week and we got some rain and hail about a week or 10 days [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed sharply lower for the second consecutive day pressured by fundamentals.  The lack of direction from the cash trade, mixed wholesale markets, and a stronger US dollar all [Read More…]