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The Swine Health Information Center is tracking an emerging disease threat. SHIC director Dr. Paul Sundberg says Australia is dealing with an outbreak of Japanese encephalitis. “That’s a virus that is transmitted through mosquitos (and) is a first cousin to West Nile.” Both viruses are transmitted by mosquitos and birds act as reservoirs. But Sundberg tells Brownfield with Japanese encephalitis, pigs are called amplifying host. “If an infected mosquito bites […]

Jul. corn closed at $7.64 and 1/2, up 7 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $17.40, up 11 and 3/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $415.60, down $1.80Jul. soybean oil closed at 82.94, up 150 pointsJul. wheat closed at $10.74 and 3/4, up 3 centsJun. live cattle closed at $136.82, up $3.10Jun. lean hogs closed at $107.85, down 57 centsJun. Class III milk closed at $24.30, down 13 centsJul. ...

Members of the House Ag Committee say protecting nutrition assistance programs in the next farm bill could help strengthen America’s food system. During a subcommittee hearing Wednesday, Don Bacon of Nebraska said he would like to change parts of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “We have a real opportunity to promote the consumption of healthy foods.  What we’re doing now is not working.”   But, Representative Jahanna Hayes of Connecticut […]

Milk futures were down in the near term and cash dairy prices were mostly up on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wednesday. June Class III milk was down $0.13 at $24.30.  July closed down $0.15 at $25.01.  August closed down $0.11 at $24.90.  September was down $0.04 at $24.71.  October through May contracts ranged from fifteen cents lower in November to twenty cents higher in May. Dry whey was up $0.0075 […]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Kellan Heavican will be in Imperial on June 23, 2022 for the Summer Stocker/Yearling Meeting and Tour hosted by University of Nebraska-Lincoln. ...

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Kellan Heavican will serve as emcee a the American International Charolais Association Junior National in Grand Island, Nebraska Sunday, June 19, 2022. ...

The world’s largest biofuel producer says it has reached an agreement to transport carbon from 18 of its Midwestern plants starting in 2025. POET President Jeff Lautt tells Brownfield capturing and storing carbon dioxide accelerates the company’s path to net-zero emissions. “This is just going to further reduce the carbon intensity of bioethanol, therefore, making us that much more viable well into the future and that much more sought after.  […]

The Illinois Department of Agriculture is ready to hire four new veterinarians after a $750,000 increase in funding. Currently the state has a Chief Veterinarian and one state field veterinarian. State Vet Dr. Mark Ernst said the increase in staff will help the IDOA be ready to react to a foreign animal disease outbreak. “This will enable us to have better coverage throughout the state to respond to foreign animal […]

Pork producers are feeling the effects of inflation.  National Pork Producers Council president Terry Wolters, a pork producer from Pipestone in southwest Minnesota, says inflation causes many challenges. “We’ve had increased input costs, fuel, transportation, all of those costs have continued to rise. And without question is it impacting our profitability.” He tells Brownfield the futures market is not allowing pork producers an opportunity to offset inflated input costs. ...