Ag News

Getting a good handle on fertility early on is key to a successful growing year. Understanding nitrogen, potassium and lime levels greatly impacts other decisions that need to be made on the farm. Every season [Read More…]

The new USDA report shows butter production rose four-tenths of a percent, and American type cheese up 6.4% Gouda cheese production was up 11.6% and Romano production was up 11.2% over 2016. The biggest drop [Read More…]

The Vice President of the National Farmers Union says the SNAP program reforms are not the only problems in the House Ag Committee’s version of the farm bill.  Patty Edelburg tells Brownfield mandatory funding for [Read More…]

An explosion at a Superior, Wisconsin oil refinery Thursday has some farmers concerned about livestock.  Mark and Cora Liebaert raise beef southeast of Superior. Cora Liebaert tells Brownfield that as of late Thursday afternoon, the [Read More…]

Government leaders want Wisconsin farmers impacted by the recent blizzard they will help them recover. Wisconsin Ag Secretary Sheila Harsdorf tells Brownfield, “The northeast was hit hard with this storm and we, between the federal [Read More…]

Farmers in Southeast Missouri now have more time to use new formulations of dicamba. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn says because of wet weather and slow planting, farmers will need that extra time. The state use label [Read More…]

Senate Ag Committee chair Pat Roberts says he expects committee markup of the Senate farm bill to take place in early May—and he says it could reach the Senate floor soon after that. “I will [Read More…]

Missouri-based MFA cooperative is stressing caution to its applicators when it comes to over-the-top use of newer dicamba herbicides this growing season. Jason Weirich, MFA director of agronomy, tells Brownfield Ag News it’s important to remember [Read More…]

Oklahoma agriculture leaders says more than 1,100 cattle have died from recent wildfires in Oklahoma. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association have invited President Trump and Vice President Pence to survey [Read More…]

  Bipartisan legislation is moving forward in the U.S. Senate to increase broadband access in rural communities. Introduced by Senators Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the Precision Agriculture Connectivity Act of [Read More…]

A leader with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the organization was encouraged with President Trump’s recent announcement that he would consider rejoining the Trans Pacific Partnership, until he changed his mind and said it [Read More…]

As more details emerge, the president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers says the proposed nitrogen fertilizer rule could be a game changer for agriculture. The Minnesota Department of Ag (MDA) will publish the rule–now being [Read More…]

Sixty-eight Members of Congress signed a letter sent to U.S. Trade Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, urging him to end Canada’s Class Seven milk prices in the NAFTA renegotiation process. The lawmakers call the Class Seven program [Read More…]

  The USDA reports corn and soybean export sales for the week ending April 19th were below analysts’ expectations. Physical shipments of sorghum remain ahead of what’s needed to meet USDA projections for the 2017/18 [Read More…]

  The U.S. rejoining the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would be supportive to farmers’ bottom line. Ernie Birchmeier with Michigan Farm Bureau tells Brownfield increased exports of beef, pork, soybeans, dairy and other commodities under the [Read More…]

BASF and Monsanto have taken several steps over the past few months to try to prevent a repeat of last year’s dicamba spray issues, including the development of mobile apps that will help growers know when [Read More…]

Dairy prices were mostly down Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Class Three April milk was up $.01 at $14.53 a hundredweight.  May was down $.11 at $15.02. June was down $.05 to 15.50. July [Read More…]

A USDA livestock economist suggests the profit balance is shifting in the beef sector. Shayle Shagam says cow/calf operators, feedlots, and packers have been mostly in the black so far this year. But with expectations [Read More…]

Farmers in northern Minnesota are ahead of their southern counterparts when it comes to planting progress this spring. Dave Torgerson, executive director of the Minnesota Wheat Council, says the northern part of the state missed [Read More…]

There’s no sign of letup in partisan bickering among House Agriculture Committee members about Republican-proposed farm bill work requirements for SNAP recipients.  House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway (R-Texas) said committee Democrats have done nothing [Read More…]