There continues to be a gap between rural and urban food security, according to the latest Purdue University Consumer Food Insights Report. Jayson Lusk is the director of the Purdue Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability, “Rural households were more likely to be food insecure, meaning they had a hard time affording enough food to eat relative to urban households,” he says. “Going along with that, rural households also […]
Thirteen members of Congress have introduced legislation aimed at removing the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List permanently. Wisconsin Congressman Tom Tiffany and Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduced the Trust the Science Act Tuesday, which simply requires the Secretary of the Interior to re-issue the November 2020 final rule removing the gray wolf from the list and making that final rule non-reviewable by a judge. Tiffany tells Brownfield he […]
An Eastern Nebraska farmer says planting is once again on pause from wet conditions. Quentin Connealy grows corn and soybeans along the Missouri River near Tekamah and says he’s had to face adverse conditions. “It’s crazy how fast it changes where we in a drought and now we’re pretty saturated. A lot of the fields are pretty muddy underneath and I about got stuck in a field. We’re a flatlander […]
Farmers in some parts of the Corn Belt are worried about the supply and availability of pivot irrigation as summertime approaches. South Central Nebraska farmer Tyler Ruf tells Brownfield he ordered new pivots to replace several that were damaged from wildfires. “We should be able to get the pivots in this month and up. Any further problems, though, repairs we’re looking at midsummer for a lot of repairs. Tires are […]
An Illinois farmer is hoping to one day leave behind a legacy of apple trees. Greg Durdan of Big Bear Orchard in Grand Ridge, Illinois tells Brownfield he has had a love for apples since he was a kid, so after his retirement five year ago, he and his wife took on planting apple trees as a hobby. “I think the reason I enjoy it so much is it hasn’t […]
The House Agriculture Committee is considering further legislation to balance the market between cattle producers and packers. Butcher Block Act sponsor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia says there is a lack of enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act. “We are coming up on the two-year anniversary of the DOJ launching an investigation, but we haven’t gotten any substantive updates or answers,” Spanberger said. “Meanwhile, America is losing a staggering 40 […]
Poor water quality can result in active ingredient decomposition and formulation incompatibilities and negatively impact a pesticide performance. In this Managing for Profit, Dr. Michael Kenty, a product specialist for Helena shares some. ...
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and rainfall across much of the country. Warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to parts of New England, the Deep South, and an area stretching from California to the Four Corners region. Meanwhile wetter-than-normal conditions should be largely limited to the Pacific Northwest and the Gulf and Atlantic Coast States. ...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly lower, and feeders were lower, pressured by the week’s lower cash trade. June live cattle closed $.17 lower at $133 and August live cattle closed $.42 lower at $133.47. August feeder cattle closed $.65 lower at $166.77 and September feeder cattle closed $.82 lower at $169.22. It was an active day on Tuesday for direct cash cattle trade. Live deals in […]
