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For the remainder of Wednesday, rain showers in the eastern U.S. will gradually end. Meanwhile, a storm emerging from the Southwest will produce locally heavy snow in the Four Corners States and wintry precipitation from the southern Plains into the mid-South. On Thursday, storm impacts across the nation’s mid-section will reach peak intensity. For example, snow will blanket the central Plains and upper Midwest; sleet and freezing rain will extend […]

Specialized agricultural license plates are now available to Minnesotans. Minnesota FFA Foundation executive director Val Aarsvold says it took four legislative sessions to make it happen. “And during those four years of time though, what we really saw was people came out and said (they) wanted this and wanted to get behind it. So I think it really is the accumulation of many peoples’ efforts to make the plate a […]

Across the Corn Belt, cold but mostly dry weather prevails. Sub-zero temperatures were reported Wednesday morning throughout the upper Midwest. Lingering snow showers are generally confined to areas in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. However, elevated river levels continue in parts of the eastern Corn Belt. Prior to the most recent round of stormy weather, USDA/NASS rated topsoil moisture 76% surplus in Ohio, along with 60% in Indiana and […]

A Western Corn Belt farmer says there are global and domestic adding uncertainty in 2022. Northeast Nebraska farmer Lucas Miller tells brownfield the Russia/Ukraine conflict are top of mind because it’s “playing with the markets right now and affecting how they’re moving causing some of the upper-range volatility that we have along with the South American drought and what the gauge of that truly is.” He says demand at ethanol […]

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President Biden has authorized the release of $450 Million dollars in newly available grant funds to strengthen port infrastructure to help the supply chain. The funds are through the bipartisan infrastructure law and nearly double last year’s investments for states and port authorities. The Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration will release the grants through its Port Infrastructure Development Program to help expand port capacity and improve the movement of goods […]

Outbreaks of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in parts of the U.S. have brought some exports to a halt but pork officials say other animal diseases would mean a dead stop for their industry.  Chief Veterinarian Patrick Webb with the National Pork Board tells Brownfield the poultry industry has battled H5N1 before and has been able to minimize its impact to ag exports. “They have a lot of the tools that […]

Avian influenza has been detected in another commercial turkey flock in southern Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says testing in Dubois County identified H5 avian influenza virus. Samples are being verified at USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa. BOAH says pending test results should indicate if the virus is the same as the index farm diagnosed on Feb. 9 and if it’s highly pathogenic. This is […]