Ag News

Last week’s cattle-on-feed report showed a higher percentage of heifers in the nation’s feedlots. The number of heifers and heifer calves on feed on April 1st, at 4.2 million, was up 14 percent from a [Read More…]

  The USDA reports that as of the week ending April 19th, corn and soybean export inspections continue to trail their respective expected paces. The 2017/18 marketing year runs through May for wheat and August [Read More…]

University of Illinois corn breeder Martin Bohn is using a $500,000 USDA grant on research to improve corn breeding efficiency.  It’s hoped that it will bring about the ability to predict the performance of corn [Read More…]

The so-called Dirty Dozen list of fruits and vegetables to avoid is released each year by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) with warnings about the most pesticide-saturated produce. But is it legitimate? This well-known scientist, [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, cold weather and low soil temperatures continue to limit spring planting activities. In addition, snow remains on the ground across large sections of the northern Corn Belt. On the Plains, cloudiness [Read More…]

A storm system emerging from the Southwest will drift eastward, reaching the Southeast early next week. Highly beneficial rain developed later Friday across the drought-affected central and southern High Plains, with totals of 0.5 to [Read More…]

The ranking members of the House Ag and House Energy committees are asking President Trump to ensure no more RFS waivers are granted until transparency and accountability of the waiver program is improved. Congressmen Collin [Read More…]

  Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling, posting week to week losses. The stalemate over tariffs with China continues to limit export demand for U.S. beans, even as Brazil’s supply gets tighter and [Read More…]

  An entomologist says it’s a difficult balance to manage pests while leaving pollinators unharmed. Rick Foster with Purdue University Extension tells Brownfield there are some key best management practices specialty crop growers can use [Read More…]