In this week’s Missouri Corn Talk, U.S. Grains Council President and CEO Ryan LeGrand says there are a lot of global factors influencing corn demand including the Russia-Ukraine war and increased production in South America. He also says ethanol exports are a way to grow corn demand. ...
Emily Bick University of Wisconsin entomologist Emily Bick is researching common crop pests and says they can be identified by the sounds they make when chewing on plants. She’s using microphones that attach to plants to identify pests and how many are there. 6/6/23 Managing For Profit – Dr. Emily Bick ...
Now that planting is nearly wrapped up statewide, farmers are concerned about moisture as they start spraying weeds and side-dressing fertilizers. Mike Berget farms 85 hundred acres of corn and 3-thousand acres of soybeans in the driftless region near Darlington in southwestern Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “We’ve had some farms that haven’t had much of any moisture since they were planted.” Berget says he was fortunate to wrap up planting two […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation across much of the country. Warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to southern Florida, the western Gulf Coast region, and an area stretching from the Pacific Northwest to Minnesota. Meanwhile drier-than-normal conditions should be limited to the Gulf Coast region and the upper Midwest. ...
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Managing a team depends on having the fundamental skill of leading and coordinating individuals with diverse abilities, personalities, and work styles in order to achieve common goals. Nowadays, that is especially sensitive in the swine industry, as we are going through a labor shortage. In this episode, I have a great conversation about strategies and practices to adapt management to changes and team growth with Anthony Vigilante, M.Sc., who has […]
Senior Director of Hog Quality and Protocols, Jim Magoloski from Perdue Quality Meats and Niman Ranch joins us.
If you’re raising pastured pigs on your regenerative farm, it’s important to know how to raise pigs in the winter. Check out this free one-hour workshop, where we discussed feeding pigs in winter with our Osborne Bulk Feeders, keeping pigs warm in winter with Port-A-Hut livestock shelters, grazing pigs in winter using temporary paddocks, watering pigs in winter with our DIY livestock waterers, and MORE!
In its latest Crop Progress and Conditions Report, USDA says the winter wheat in South Dakota is rated 28% good to excellent as almost half of the crop is heading. Spring wheat conditions are rated 56% good to excellent. Chuck Todd, who farms near Onida, has winter wheat and says a rain would be welcome. “The spring wheat is burning down and the hills are really dry. The winter wheat […]
