We are a family farm in Ontario showing you what we do on our farm to produce eggs and what goes on day to day. Every day we do chores, gather eggs and make feed. On our farm we plant the crops and harvest them to feed the chickens, also we start our laying hens from day old chicks and raise them to be the best birds they can be […]
Brownfield’s Brent Barnett will cover Beck’s Field Show in Colfax, Iowa August 8, 2023. ...
An extension livestock specialist says dry conditions are affecting pastures and hay fields. The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows a diagonal dry stretch expanding from west central through northeastern Missouri. Gene Schmitz with the University of Missouri tells Brownfield there hasn’t been much regrowth in central Missouri. “The grass that hasn’t been grazed yet is typically growing at a very slow rate.” The USDA confirmed the decline earlier this week, […]
A U.S. Senator wants Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to challenge a court ruling that forced the removal of chlorpyrifos from the market. During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, Alabama’s Katie Britt said USDA supports 11 limited chlorpyrifos uses. “In the past, you’ve said you agreed with USDA on the science of this pesticide, and actually the secretary of USDA has personally written that there are safe uses […]
An agronomist says a few farmers that were able to plant during the unusually warm weather three weeks ago are seeing some emerging plants. Aricka Wech with Pioneer works with farmers in southwestern Wisconsin. She tells Brownfield she has been in fields from the Illinois state line north to the Viroqua area, and what has emerged is looking good. “We see some healthy, white tissue. That seed is still firm. […]
An ag economist says the Federal Reserve’s decision to raise interest rates a quarter percentage point won’t have an immediate impact on many farmers and ranchers. But Michael Swanson with Wells Fargo says farmers can keep this in mind as they consider how to approach next year’s operating expenses. “If you’re a business operator, you have to change your solutions based on prices,” says Swanson. “If the price of debt […]
A Minnesota pig farmer represented the U.S. during the recent G7 Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting in Japan. Dale Stevermer of Easton says USDA invited him to speak on behalf of the Minnesota Pork Board. “I have been pretty well integrated and involved in National Pork Board’s Advancing U.S. Pork Sustainability Grant, and for that reason I was asked if I could attend and I said ‘yes I can.” Stevermer is a […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were pressured by the recent slide in direct business and demand uncertainties linked to the economy. June live cattle closed $1.25 lower at $161.65 and August lives closed $1.40 lower at $159.55. August feeders closed $2.65 lower at $223.52 and September feeders closed $2.52 lower at $226.75. There was another light round of direct cash cattle business on Wednesday. Deals in […]
Specialty crop farmers say crop insurance is the only option to protect their farms during challenging years. “We buy crop insurance, and we pray we don’t need it.” Michigan farmer Greg Ackerman represented the U.S. Dry Bean Council during this week’s Senate Ag Committee farm bill hearing. “For dry beans in particular, they’re not covered anywhere else other than crop insurance, he says. “If we have a complete disaster, then […]
