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Photo provided by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture A delegation of ag officials from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. continues its work on challenges related to food security and biotechnology. The Tri-National Agricultural Accord Working Group on Agriculture Technology met this week in Mexico. The group was formed in October during the 30th annual meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and their state […]

A farmer in southeastern South Dakota says farmers in his area are trying to finish corn planting. Travis Mockler of Centerville tells Brownfield, “It’s been drug out a little bit because of the storms, but it’s been going pretty good,” he said. “Everybody is starting to hit beans pretty hard. The planting conditions are right. It’s dry.” He says his corn planting has been very spread out compared to recent […]

East-central Iowa farmer Dave Walton says warm temperatures have helped crops emerge. “First beans we planted are up and the first corn we planted is just poking through,” he said. “As you drive around the countryside, you’re seeing a lot of that early planting stuff pop right out. I think my beans came out in four days this year.” He tells Brownfield farmers in his area are trying to wrap […]

Farmers and landowners are skeptical about a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants across the Midwest. South-Central Nebraska farmer Larry Rauert tells Brownfield the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut his irrigated field potentially reducing yields. “I hate to be a stick in the mud to the rest of the mud to my fellow neighbors because this could be a huge difference in the price of […]

Egg washing and packing facility Egg Central Station in Springfield, Missouri is expanding. The facility, operated by Vital Farms, is nearly doubling in size which the group says will create more than 50 agriculture related jobs. Missouri Partnership Vice President of Business Development Dennis Pruitt tells Brownfield the site is well placed to serve as an egg distribution hub to the Southwest U.S. “The benefit of being near some of […]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Brent Barnett will be on site for the Lely North America Grand Opening Event in Pella, Iowa on June 2nd, 2022. ...

A group of ag economists say there’s a market incentive to double crop wheat and soybeans in the 2023 crop year. Economists from the University of Illinois and Ohio State University say the rotation might be more profitable than a standalone corn to soybeans rotation because of wheat production loss coming from the Russian – Ukrainian war. The University of Illinois’ Gary Schnitkey tells Brownfield… “Those crop combinations are providing […]

Sustainable aviation fuel utilizes feedstocks and can reduce carbon emissions compared with the traditional jet fuel it replaces over the lifecycle of the fuel. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Clean Fuels Alliance America Technical Director Scott Fenwick discusses the outlook for sustainable aviation fuel. For more information visit cleanfuels.org. ...

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures across most of the country, with the greatest likelihood of hot weather covering California and the eastern Gulf Coast region.  Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to parts of the Northwest and upper Midwest.  Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation in the Northwest and much of the eastern half of the U.S. should contrast with drier-than-normal weather from California to the […]