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There’s a heightened focus on contaminated feed after a recent outbreak of African swine fever in Russia. Dr. Paul Sundberg with the Swine Health Information Center says the cases involve two large commercial farms. “While that’s not necessarily unique, it is news in that the Russian authorities in trying to track that down report that contaminated feed is the most probable route of introduction of ASF into those herds.” He […]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting more than one million acres in this year’s Conservation Reserve Program General signup. Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux says the organization is pleased to see continued interest in the voluntary, incentive-based program. “It really helps producers have another economical opportunity on their operation and, in many cases, an alternative to trying to squeeze last iota of production of environmentally sensitive land or […]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will cover the Indiana FFA State Convention June 21-22, at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ...

Mid-Missouri farmers say crops are variable as the drought continues. In Audrain County, Jay Schutte tells Brownfield he thinks the 1 inch of rain from the weekend will be helpful to the corn and soybeans on his farm. “I’ve been kind of lucky and so far, we’ve had pretty moderate temperatures. The corn is up around the V5 to V7 growth stage and I’m hoping with the weekend rains it […]

The legislation that would fund Wisconsin’s transportation projects including the one-time 150-million-dollar Agricultural Road Improvement Program awaits the Governor’s signature.  State Senator and Joint Finance Committee co-chair Howard Marklein authored the ag roads bill. “The Assembly passed the amended version of that, sent it over to the Senate, and the Senate agreed to the change, the minor change that was requested by the Assembly and so the bill is passed. […]

A tentative agreement has been reached to end 13 months of labor talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, easing concerns about supply chain disruptions. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says the deal is monumental for the U.S. red meat industry.  “A huge percentage of our business especially value-added chilled business, which is our highest value business for […]

One of the jobs of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is to make sure products that are labeled with certain animal-raising claims are actually raised in that manner.  Sandra Eskin, undersecretary for USDA’s FSIS says the USDA’s has announced plans to implement a multi-step effort to strengthen the verification of those claims consumers see on labels. AUDIO: Healthy Living on USDA labeling measures ...

Illinois Association FFA has announced their 2023 Stars over Illinois. The 2023 Illinois FFA Star Farmer is Cole Paulek of the Taylorville FFA Chapter. He tells Brownfield his diversified supervised agriculture experience has prepared him for a future career. “I plan on studying animal nutrition. Working around both the grain side and the livestock side I can see what goes into the feed and how it impacts the livestock. So, […]

An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says weed management could be a problem for a few rice fields this year. Justin Chlapecka tells Brownfield pre-emergence herbicides weren’t activated due to a lack of rain and farmers are trying to control grassy weeds with a post-emergence herbicide. When it gets above 90 degrees, he says post-emergence herbicides won’t perform well. “Once the grass gets any size to it at […]