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Farming with Family… A Day in the Life
SBM takes us along for a day planting seed corn. Today he is farming with Craig, Jarod, Cameron and Wesley--- also commentator Cory joins in for the ride.
Sowing Hope | Cotton Planting 2023
Last year, much of the nation’s largest cotton patch was barren. Leaving Texas farmers around Lubbock hanging on by a thread. This year they are back in those same fields. Sowing their seeds of hope. And some recent rains are weaving optimism for this year’s crop.
Biden-Harris Administration Announces $43 Million Investment to Advance Innovation in Wood Products and Wood Energy Economies through Investing in America Agenda
WASHINGTON, June 9, 2023 – The Biden-Harris Administration today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $43 million to expand innovative uses of wood, including as a construction material in commercial buildings, as an energy source, and in manufacturing and processing input for wood products used in framing homes, making paper products and more.
Producers are changing beef on dairy perspectives
Photo: Taylor Klipp, Iowa State Graduate Student and Iowa State researcher Dr. Gail Carpenter A dairy researcher says raising beef calves on the dairy farm has become an important part of many farm operations. Dr. Gail Carpenter with Iowa State University tells Brownfield in the beginning of beef-on-dairy, producers were more focused on getting the calf on the ground and the cow back into milking, but she says that beef […]
4,000 feeder cattle killed in Memorial Day weekend flooding
Texas officials have confirmed 4,000 head of cattle were killed at a feedyard in Hereford after 100-year floods hit the Panhandle of Texas Memorial Day weekend. Between 8 and 11 inches of rain fell in an area that only receives between 15 and 25 inches of rain annually. The Texas Cattle Feeders’ Association and the Circle Three Feed Yard worked with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to ensure the […]
Wisconsin ag road funding bill moves forward
The legislation that would provide one-time funding of 150 million dollars for Wisconsin’s agricultural roads has passed the State Senate. The Ag Roads Improvement Program, or ARIP is Senate Bill 247, and passed the full Senate unanimously. The package was amended before passage, so it has been sent back to the Assembly for consideration. If signed by the Governor, the funding would prioritize local road projects that increase access to […]
Soybeans up, following soybean oil
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, padding the weekly gains. The big influence is the strength in soybean oil, which was supported by demand expectations ahead of the RFS update. The USDA raised old and new crop U.S. ending stocks, while lowering old crop production for Argentina and Brazil slightly. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange says 94% of Argentina’s soybean harvest is complete, with yields down sharply on […]
