It’s finally here — the first day of planting season! ???? After months of prep, maintenance, and waiting on the weather, we’re back in the field getting seeds in the ground. In this video, I take you along for day one of planting — running the tractor, checking conditions, and kicking off what’s always one of the busiest (and most exciting) times of the year.
Working on the drill and hauling some April contracts before Sask gets hit with the final final final blast of winter
A central Iowa farmer says planting progress is starting to pick up steam in his area. Morey Hill raises corn and soybeans near Madrid. “Everybody was sure anxious to get going there in mid-April, but the rains kept everybody out of the field including me until just this past week.” He tells Brownfield that corn […] The post Planting pace picking up in central Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag […]
Eastern Iowa farmer Dave Walton says his planting season should get started by the end of the week. “We had plenty of rain here the last few weeks that’s kept us out. We’re ready to go and I think we’re getting close.” He tells Brownfield he’s feeling better about his soil conditions as the growing […] The post Planting “a few days out” for eastern Iowa farmer appeared first on […]
An ag economist at Purdue University says the continued conflict in Iran is causing concerns about rising fertilizer prices. Joana Colussi says input costs have risen more than 30 percent since the end of February. “Once prices go up, it’s very difficult for them to come back down quickly,” she says. “We could see some […] The post Purdue economist: Geopolitical tensions igniting long-term concerns about fertilizer prices appeared first […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on technical selling. June live cattle closed $2.52 lower at $243.55 and August live cattle closed $1.90 lower at $239.70. May feeder cattle closed $2.55 lower at $358.55 and August feeder cattle closed $2.40 lower at $358.95. Direct cash cattle trade activity was relatively […] The post Cattle futures lower heading into midweek appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
The American Sugar Alliance is asking the U.S. Trade Representative to use Section 310 authorities to stop subsidized imports from harming farmers. Rob Johansson tells Brownfield producers have lost more than $2 billion in sales in just the past two seasons because artificially cheap sugar on the global market has made current trade quotas ineffective. […] The post U.S. sugar producers close to collapse as Alliance calls for higher tariffs […]
