You're invited for a one-of-a-kind on-farm experience on June 17th in Huron County. This event will feature an all-Ontario breakfast, interactive educational displays, an opportunity to meet the farmers, family photo-ops and a tour of two working Ontario farms!
Today at Ewetopia Farms, we address a few comments on issues that may seem straightforward on the farm, but rarely is anything ever black or white. Today is also the day we ship our sheep to western Canada. So we show you how we mark the lambs for identification and loading them onto the trailer. Sheep and sheep farming is our passion and we hope that the love we have […]
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An Ohio State professor would like to see the dairy industry transition away from the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. Dr. Normand St. Pierre tells Brownfield Class One fluid milk is forward priced, and Class III for cheese and Class IV for butter and powder is “backward priced” from the end user cost, and he would like to see the Federal Milk Marketing Order system phased out, and changing the […]
Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days next month will show off new and old technology. The three-day farm show July 18th, 19th, and 20th is known for it’s centerpiece called Innovation Square, but coordinator Anna Maenner (MAY’ ner) tells Brownfield this year, Madison College will show the diversity of diesel power and expose people to the many ag careers powered by diesel. “You need to drive semis. You need to repair tractor engines. […]
The Illinois Milk Producers Association is kicking off June Dairy Month in an impactful way. Illinois dairy farmers and IMPA are donating more than 2,000 half gallon containers of milk and nearly 400 half gallon containers of lactose-free milk to the Central and Eastern Illinois Foodbanks. IMPA Executive Director Tasha Bunting tells Brownfield they have been looking for ways to help curb local food insecurity. “What we are hoping to […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower on profit-taking. Markets continue to watch direct cash business develop, which has been at mostly, sharply higher prices. August lives closed $2.30 lower at $173.20 and October lives closed $2.62 lower at $175.62. August feeders closed $4.15 lower at $239.10 and September feeders closed $4.25 lower at $242.27. Direct cash cattle business is looking to break some records this […]
The National Milk Producers Federation says a recent bill to remove trade barriers on baby formula imports would be a burden for the U.S. dairy industry. Shawna Morris tells Brownfield the Formula 3.0 Act is a misguided response to the infant formula shortage last year from a temporary production crisis. “Production has recovered, and FDA has even recently testified that formula stocking rates are above the levels that we saw […]
