The mostly sunny weather has many Wisconsin farmers planting their corn and soybeans this week. Ben Augustine One of the farmers making good progress is Ben Augustine, who farms near Sheldon in northwestern Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “I’ve got 952 acres done of a total of about 25 hundred to get planted, so I’m probably half to three-quarters done planted.” Augustine says he and most of his neighbors have been […]
LEXINGTON, KY, May 23, 2023—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new research facility, known as the Forage-Animal Production Research Unit (FAPRU), on the University of Kentucky campus. The ceremony was hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the University of Kentucky’s College of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (UK-CAFE), which will house the new facility.
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2023 – As summer approaches, millions of Americans will hit the road to visit national parks, beaches and campgrounds. While packing that sunblock, bug spray and picnic blanket, make sure to also take some U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety tips along for the ride.
Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow says it would be a disaster for the ag industry if the U.S. were to default on its debt. “Every farmer is operating with loans, interest rates would skyrocket, programs would stop,” she says. “We don’t know what would happen around crop insurance, we would don’t know what would happen in other programs that would have to stop.” One of the hold-ups in debt […]
Dave Devore with Siemer Milling tells Brownfield the first field of the day was impressive. “If this field is any indication of what we’re going to see the rest of the day, we’re going to be extremely pleased,” he says. He says tiller counts were high with nice-sized heads and no signs of disease in the field just outside of Effingham, but they are keeping an eye out for certain […]
Did you know that investing soybean checkoff dollars helps to improve global demand for US meat products around the globe brings added value to Ohio’s soybean farmers? In this Voice of Soy, Ohio Soybean Council’s Madison Layman shares the benefits of investing checkoff dollars in soybean’s top customer. ...
In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, Missouri Corn Growers Association’s Jacob Knaebel recaps the Missouri state legislative session and explains the importance of grassroots efforts. ...
