A weed scientist with South Dakota State University Extension says the delayed planting season and updated dicamba application deadline means farmers should have a plan in place if they’re using the herbicide. Eric Jones tells Brownfield if farmers planted soybeans late, it’s best to use dicamba early post-emergence. “And then, if you have to come back and do a sequential application to control the later germinating weeds, that’s what I […]
A new study shows farms and businesses that used certain strategies emerged from the COVID pandemic stronger than their counterparts. Andrew Stevens with the University of Wisconsin Department of Applied Economics studied the relationship between diversification and resilience. He tells Brownfield some farms had vertical diversification with some processing and retail sales while others had horizontal diversification by raising crops, livestock, and perhaps offering agritourism, all within the farm’s link […]
The chief economist with Farmer Mac says soil health, resiliency and relationships will be important long-term for farmers and ranchers who want to borrow money. Jackson Takach says lenders are starting to use on-farm data to understand how certain farm practices influence risk and then, lenders can adjust the cost of capital. “If we can take a practice and show it reduces the volatility with a risk in a farmer’s […]
A farmer in west-central Minnesota anticipates significant weed pressure in the weeks ahead. Noah Hultgren of Raymond says weeds have been slow to emerge thanks to a cool start to spring. “But we’re going to see some real massive growth here with the heat that we’re currently getting and that we’re forecast to get.” He tells Brownfield herbicide applications are ongoing. “First-pass spraying, then Roundup to kill off cover crop […]
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Traders bought back some of the recent losses and pulled contracts to solid weekly gains, while watching U.S. planting and development weather. Near-term forecasts for most of the Midwest are warm and dry, which could cause some early stress. The critical month for soybeans will be August when the crop will be in the pod filling stage.Soybean meal and oil were […]
Nearly one-quarter of state legislatures considering modifications to or adding new foreign ag land ownership laws this year were successful. Micah Brown with the National Ag Law Center says those states include Arkansas, Tennessee, North Dakota, Florida, Idaho, Montana, Utah and Virginia. And the trend is to restrict investments from four countries including China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. “With the 2023 laws, some of them are using federal definitions […]
Cargill is expanding their carbon sequestration program in 2023. RegenConnect is a program that pays farmers for the carbon sequestered on their farm as they implement sustainable ag practices like cover crops and reduced tillage. Clay Edwards, a sustainability program lead with Cargill, tells Brownfield the RegenConnect program now includes cotton, which means 9 more states can participate including North and South Carolina, Colorado, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. […]
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were lower except for butter entering the holiday weekend Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June Class III milk was down $0.23 at $15.88. July was down $0.06 at $16.58. August was down $0.07 at $17.41. September was down $0.07 at $18.37. October through April contracts ranged from five cents lower in October to three cents higher in February. Dry whey was unchanged at […]
The revived and relocated Farm and Industry Short Course is now accepting student registrations. The sixteen-week program is now hosted by the University of Wisconsin River Falls after starting 138 years ago at the University of Wisconsin Madison campus. Madison discontinued their program a year ago. Classes begin October 30th and run through March 15th. Enrollment for the inaugural River Falls class is limited to 24 students, and demand is […]
