East Central Kansas farmer Paul Renner says his winter wheat harvest has been a mixed bag so far. “We’ve harvested about four or five fields. The high has been about 45 bushels per acre and low has been in the high teens to mid 30s.” He tells Brownfield the crop struggled through weed pressure, immense drought stress and early freeze, but late season rain brought some optimism. “It’s been a […]
An extension agronomist says weed pressure has been heavier than normal during the growing season. Iowa State University’s Meaghan Anderson says some farmers have had a tough time keeping waterhemp in check. “Now that we’ve pretty much wrapped up most of our post applications, I’ve started to notice that we really did have some trouble controlling some of those weeds.” She tells Brownfield now is the time to scout fields. […]
Mike Frazier, a farmer from Kahoka, Missouri tells Brownfield missed rains are taking a toll on the corn and soybeans. “Corn is shrinking on the clay. You can see down the rows of soybeans with yellow spots on the leaves, starting to show stress and there’s firing on the corn. It’s getting serious quickly.” He says a half inch of rain would save the crop for a few days, but […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of ongoing hot weather in the south-central U.S. and warmer-than-normal conditions in Florida, New England, and the Pacific Northwest, while near- or below-normal temperatures will cover the remainder of the country. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across most of the U.S. should contrast with drier-than-normal weather from the Four Corners States to the western half of the Gulf Coast […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground in Cartagena, Colombia July 11-14, 2023, covering the US Meat Export Federation Latin American Product Showcase. Amie Simpson ...
The 2023-2024 Indiana FFA State Officer team was elected during the final general session of the state convention at Purdue University. Kelby Roberts of Rushville FFA will lead the organization as state president in the coming year. “It’s definitely surreal,” she says. “I wanted to be on this stage as a state officer since I was very young, so being able to do that and even as the title […]
Corn and soybean stands are evening out after a wet spring caused replanting in south-central Minnesota. Cole Trebesch of Sleepy Eye tells Brownfield heavy rains were frequent in April and early May. “So we replanted probably 20 percent of our corn, and all the beans we had in when the rains hit us. But other than that stuff is really starting to look nice finally now, beans look really good. […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher with feeders in the lead on the lower move in corn. That helped contracts shrug off the recent trend in beef and the week-to-date’s lower direct cash business. August live was up $1.40 at $171.15 and October was $1.72 higher at $174.67. August feeders were $2.95 higher at $230.67 and September was up $3.10 at $234.52. There […]
Michigan State University AgBioResearch has announced Dr. James Averill as its new assistant director. “I am looking forward to re-engaging with Michigan agriculture and moving the needle forward in advancing our scientific understanding of agriculture and trying to find short-term and long-term goals for the various needs,” he says. In the new position, he will be tasked with overseeing the university’s research and extension centers including the South Campus Animal […]
