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Some Wisconsin legislators want to create new regulations and licensing requirements for agricultural tourism facilities such as wedding barns. Assembly Bill 304 includes language that would require most wedding barn and event venues to have a liquor license, even though the weddings are private invitation-only events. Steve Nagy operates Homestead Meadows, a wedding barn near Appleton, and told an Assembly Committee on State Affairs hearing his clients hire a licensed […]

Soybeans were sharply higher on speculative and technical buying. August might be the critical month for beans, but the trade is already concerned about expanding drought in the Midwest and Plains. There’s scattered rain in the forecast, but that will have to actually materialize and it could miss some of the drier areas with a warmer pattern waiting in the wings. While U.S. export sales were up on the week, […]

Jul. corn closed at $6.23 and 1/4, up 15 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $14.28 and 1/4, up 40 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $394.20, up $4.50Jul. soybean oil closed at 58.43, up 247 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.61 and 1/2, up 31 and 1/4 centsAug. live cattle closed at $177.57, up 12 centsAug. feeder cattle closed at $234.12, down $1.77Jul. ...

In the southeastern South Dakota, Chet Edinger tells Brownfield 90% of his wheat acres have already been zeroed out and the winter wheat that’s left on the farm has been affected by hot conditions during critical growth stages. “The adjusters are going to look at it soon. When they first adjusted the rest of the wheat, they had adjusted for 53 bushels/acre wheat the first part of April and early […]

Five Illinois FFA members began the journey of a lifetime Thursday when they were elected to the next slate of state officers during the 95th annual Illinois FFA State Convention. Thaddeus Bergschneider of the Franklin FFA Chapter will serve as the 2023-2024 Illinois FFA State President. He tells Brownfield how he hopes to put a stamp on the organization. “I not only see myself as maybe planting seeds for the […]

Missouri’s ag director says her state’s pork producers will struggle to comply with California’s Proposition 12 law. Chris Chinn tells Brownfield independent producers will be impacted the most because retrofitting production facilities are extremely expensive. They’re losing anywhere from $35 to $40 for every hog that they raise right now, so to have that type of a loss right now and to go to a bank and ask to borrow […]

One of the US’s largest grocery store chains has announced it will build its first case-ready beef facility in a Kansas City suburb. Walmart will build a $257 million plant in Olathe that will take cuts of beef from a producer-owned meat packing plant in Nebraska. Walmart also has an ownership stake in Sustainable Beef LLC. Kansas Ag Secretary Mike Beam tells Brownfield it will help meet consumer demands by offering […]

The Ohio Pork Council says it fully endorses Issue 1, a proposal aimed at strengthening the democratic process in Ohio. Issue 1 proposes raising the requirement for constitutional amendments to pass with a 60 percent majority vote. The council is encouraging Ohioans to vote “yes” on Aug. 8. The non-profit, farmer led organization represents the interests of Ohio’s pork industry. The council says its mission is to serve as a […]

CLAAS of America has joined several farm equipment manufacturers in signing a memorandum of understanding with the American Farm Bureau Federation to give farmers the right to repair their own equipment. The agreement creates a framework for farmers and independent repair facilities to provide access to resources to self-diagnose and self-repair machines. AFBF has agreements also in place with John Deere, CNH Industrial Brands (which includes Case IH and New […]