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Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Pacific Coast to the Mississippi Valley and the upper Great Lakes region, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail along and east of a line from southeastern Louisiana to Lake Ontario. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions from California to the southern High Plains. ...

Consumers may be noticing continued high meat prices in the grocery store. Scott Brown, a livestock economist with the University of Missouri, discusses inflation and says although meat prices are up, demand isn’t slowing. Healthy Living: ...

A cheesemaker from Switzerland has won the World Championship Cheese competition twice in a row, and for a third overall time.  The cheese called Gourmino Le Gruyere AOP crafted by Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus in Bern, Switzerland took top honors at the biennial contest hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.  The top two cheeses came from Switzerland out of 2,978 entries.  The first runner up was Appenzeller® […]

One of the early innovators in Wisconsin’s recently-expanded producer-led watershed protection grant program says farmers should not be left out of new carbon sequestration programs because they started doing the right things a decade ago. Jeff Endres is a dairy farmer and the chairman of Yahara Pride Farms, a farmer-led watershed protection group focused on keeping nutrients out of the Yahara River, which feeds the lakes surrounding Madison, Wisconsin.  Endres […]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to wreak havoc on global markets, but an economist with RaboReserach says seasonality could help limit volatility on some fertilizer prices. Farm inputs analyst Sam Taylor the markets have actually been relatively stoic over the last couple of weeks.  “You have seen price movement ranging from down in the Chinese market to up about 17 to 20 percent for other macronutrients in different benchmarks,” he […]

Dairy groups say the U.S. Trade Representative outlining enforcement in priorities this year is encouraging, but there’s a major element missing. “Which is no indication that there is an appetite to resume comprehensive trade agreement negotiations.” Senior VP for trade policy Shawna Morris with the U.S. Dairy Export Council and National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield agreements with the United Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Middle East would greatly […]

The Biden administration announced it is investing more than $166.5 million dollars to protect America’s watersheds. Undersecretary for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Robert Bonney says 23 states will receive funding for new dam and flood prevention projects and for repairs on existing watershed infrastructure.  “We tend to work in partnership with communities to help repair aging dams, improve irrigation, help folks plan for watershed issues related to drought, […]

Members of the National Farmers Union are calling for increased fairness in the industry as part of their 2022 policy priorities. VP of advocacy Mike Stranz tells Brownfield… “We’ve known for a long time that there are problems in how the food chain is incredibly efficient but not always resilient,” he says. The organization highlighted the need for better fairness amongst agriculture and all essential workers at their recent convention […]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower watching corn with additional pressure from lower cash and wholesale business.  April live cattle closed $1.75 lower at $138.35 and June live cattle closed $1.35 lower at $135.15.  April feeder cattle closed $2.47 lower at $160.52 and May feeder cattle closed $2.50 lower at $165.55.  Direct cash cattle trade activity was quiet following the active day on […]