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(L-R Tammy Vaasen from Wisconsin Beef Council, Philip Schmidt from Hahn’s Meat Packing, Jeff Swenson from Wisconsin Department of Ag, Trade, and Consumer Protection) Tammy Vaasen with the Wisconsin Beef Council and Philip Schmidt from Hahns Meat Packing in Kaukauna, Wisconsin talk about showing foreign buyers and people of different cultures what they’re doing to add value and move more products. 5/23/23 Managing for Profit program ...

Certified Angus Beef recently announced it was expanding its beef offerings to include grass-fed as an option. John Stika, president of CAB tells Brownfield the organization has partnered with Niman Ranch to meet evolving consumer demands. AUDIO: Healthy Living on meeting consumer preference ...

One of the biggest stories coming out of the ag world last week was the fact that the Black Sea grain initiative, which established a safe transportation corridor allowing Ukraine to export commercial food and fertilizer to the rest of the world, was extended for two months.  Jim McCormick, an ag economist with AgMarket.Net says that extension provides global food security and allowed many countries around the world to breathe […]

A central Kansas farmer says sunflowers have been a bright spot in the multi-year drought. Cameron Peirce from Hutchinson says the crop has a good root system and did well last year. “In 2022, we harvested sunflowers next to fields where farmers grew sorghum that didn’t do so well. We felt good about getting income on acres that would have otherwise been un-harvestable.” Peirce tells Brownfield he planted sunflowers in […]

Minnesota Farm Bureau Foundation director Ruth Meirick says one of the primary focuses of the organization is mental health.  She tells Brownfield Minnesota Farm Bureau is bring awareness to death by suicide among farm families in the state and reduce the stigma around mental health. ...

Michigan’s legislature has proposed dialing back funding for the state’s agricultural department. As the two chambers enter conference, Senator Sue Shink, Michigan Natural Resources and Agriculture chair and vice chair of the appropriations subcommittee, tells Brownfield support for the food and ag supply chain as proposed by the governor has been divided. “There is some there directly for that, but then also looking at pulling it out into some different […]

A southeastern South Dakota farmer says the weather has been good for corn and soybean emergence. Kevin Scott finished planting in early May and tells Brownfield there have been timely rains. “We had 1.5 inches of rain for three or four days in a row and then, we’d get smaller rains. It was perfect,” he says. “The corn is beyond the two-leaf stage, but it will grow with the 80-degree […]