West Central Ohio Farmer Patty Mann says corn and soybean planting is nearly complete. “We ran through the weekend and made really good progress,” he says. “Right now, it’s trending dry. We don’t have any rain in the forecast for 10 days out and it’s going to be 90 degrees today.” She tells Brownfield there is decent soil moisture, but, “I’m worried how that’s going to look in another 10 […]
Planting season is wrapping up for Northeast Ohio farmer Jeff Magyar. He tells Brownfield it has been far from perfect. “Corn and beans planted in the last week, they’re going to be struggling, if there’s even enough moisture to get it germinated,” he says. “We’re always too wet in the northeast corner of the state, but this year we have had half an inch of rain in May, which is […]
Additional resources supporting mental health are helping to recognize underlying stressors farmers face. Ohio State University rural sociologist Shoshanah Inwood tells Brownfield there are often invisible mental health issues in agriculture aside from suicide. For example, she says her research is finding postpartum depression is common and likely higher in rural areas. “In almost every focus group we did, there was a woman who mentioned having postpartum depression, and over […]
A market analyst says it’s been a good planting season so far in most of the United States. Tim Marsh with Summit Commodities tells Brownfield nearly everyone seems pleased, with a few exceptions. “In some areas the crop has come out slowly and over in Indiana there’s been some replant, but that’s always usually happening somewhere in the Corn Belt.” He says more prevent plant acres are likely in the […]
The USDA says that as of the week ending May 25th, soybean and wheat export inspections are ahead of the respective paces need to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2022/23 marketing year started June 1st, 2022 for wheat and September 1st, 2022 for beans, corn, and sorghum. The USDA’s next set of supply and demand estimates is out Friday, June 9th at Noon Eastern/11 Central. Wheat came […]
Congratulations to Iowa-based Anchor/Reporter Brent Barnett and his wife Regan on the birth of their third child! Lennox Ilene Barnett was born at 7:56 PM on May 23rd. She weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and measured 20 inches. Everyone is healthy and doing very well. ...
A bill that’s been introduced into Congress would make critical investments in foreign animal disease response programs. Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon says the goal of the bipartisan legislation is simple. “We want to expand this ability to stop animal diseases in (their) tracks.” The legislation would boost funding for three animal health programs established in the 2018 Farm Bill and Bacon describes how those funds would be used to safeguard […]
How well did soybean planting go? In this Pods for Profits, soybean extension educator Mike Staton with Michigan State University shares how to evaluate soybean stands after planting and what populations can still be profitable if there was poor emergence. ...
Enrollment for the redesigned and relocated Farm and Industry Short Course through the University of Wisconsin is about half full. Steve Kelm with the River Falls campus tells Brownfield they are getting a lot of traffic at their online registration site. “I’ve been getting interest not only from Wisconsin, but I’ve been getting interest from people in different states. I’ve got students potentially, you know, that are involved in the […]
