A program designed to educate grade-school students about where their food comes from is in its 12th year. The Ag Sack Lunch program is available to fourth-grade students in in Nebraska. Emily Zimmer, Ag Ambassador with the program, says it’s important to increase agricultural awareness among children. The in-person version of the program is offered to classes visitng the State Capital Building in Lincoln as part of their curriculum. Although […]
U.S Congressman Sam Graves of Missouri is continuing his pushback against the Biden administration’s attempt to return to the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule. Graves said the move is a ‘classic’ example of government overreach… “…and trying to take away somebody’s property rights and trying to have the ability to come in and regulate you out of business,” he said. The Congressman said moving away from the Navigable Waters […]
Farmers wanting to buy grain handling equipment might be in for a long wait. Kent Craighton with Sukup Manufacturing tells Brownfield supply chain disruptions are limiting production. “That being said, I would just make sure that if you’re looking to do something with grain dryers in the next year or two, or if you’re looking to do something with material handling, maybe you’re looking at putting in a new leg […]
The USDA says grain and oilseed export inspections dipped during the week ending February 24th, due in part to Presidents’ Day. The 2021/22 marketing year started June 1st, 2021 for wheat and September 1st, 2021 for corn, sorghum, and soybeans. The USDA’s next set of supply and demand estimates is out March 9th. Wheat came out at 406,138 tons, down 164,521 from the week ending February 17th, but up 62,133 […]
The president of Minnesota Farmers Union suggests an unfair market is punishing farmers as buyers and sellers. Gary Wertish tells Brownfield that’s why the National Farmers Union launched the Fairness for Farmers campaign last fall. “It’s not only the meat packing industry, it’s in all (segments) whether you’re buying the inputs (like) chemicals or whatever it is, fertilizers. Farmers are getting hit on both sides of this, as he’s selling […]
Grain futures saw large gains in overnight trading coming into Monday with corn and wheat up more than 25 cents and soybeans up more than 40 cents. University of Missouri ag economist Ben Brown tells Brownfield the large upward swing isn’t a shock as February ends and the nearby contracts go into delivery… “People don’t like to be exposed and so we saw people leave the markets Friday [and] cause […]
The EPA is not budging on its new chlorpyrifos rules. The agency denied all objections, hearing requests, and requests to stay the final rule Monday. The new rule was issued in August of last year and revokes all tolerances for the pesticide on food. EPA issued the rule saying it could not determine there is reasonable certainty of no harm from exposure to the chemical. Chlorpyrifos use will still be […]
The 78 farmer-leaders of the United Soybean Board (USB) have begun developing strategic program priorities for upcoming investments. USB Vice Chair Meagan Kaiser says work during the recent board meeting is building on the new USB Strategic Plan that launched in December. “It was exciting to watch our strategic plan unfold. This is also our first meeting working under our new vision statement, which is to deliver sustainable soy […]
Michigan Agriculture Advancement is in its second phase of work to enhance the adoption of conservation practices on farms across the state. CEO Julie Doll tells Brownfield the first phase of their project researched what barriers farmers face to implement practices. “I don’t know of many other efforts that have taken this long-term approach of up to six years delving in with the stakeholders in a given state,” she says. […]
