Across the Corn Belt, thunderstorms pepper areas west of the Mississippi River. The rain is halting fieldwork but boosting soil moisture in previously dry areas of the western Corn Belt. On April 24, Nebraska led the Midwest with topsoil moisture rated 82% very short to short. Meanwhile, cool conditions linger across the northern and eastern Corn Belt, where planting has been delayed by cool soils and wet fields. Frost was […]
President Biden has asked Congress for $33 billion dollars to address global food shortages and increase U.S. crop production. The White House says $500 million will assist in the production of domestic crops that are experiencing shortages because of the war in Ukraine. The administration says higher loan rates and crop insurance incentives for wheat and soybeans lowers the risk for farmers and decreases food costs for consumers. USDA says […]
A farmer says the E15 letter to the EPA from eight Midwestern Governors is good news for corn growers. Tom Gillis is a board member of the Wisconsin Corn Growers Association and is also on the National Corn Growers Association’s Ethanol Action Team (ETHAT). He tells Brownfield a stable year-round E15 market helps farmers. “It gives us options. You know, it makes the ethanol industry part of the corn growing […]
An intensifying storm system currently crossing the central Plains will reach the upper Mississippi Valley by early Sunday. Subsequently, the storm will drift northeastward into Canada and weaken, although a trailing system will follow a similar path—from the central Plains into the Great Lakes States—early next week. As a result, 5-day rainfall totals could reach 1 to 3 inches or more across a broad area, including the Midwest and […]
Ethanol producers are applauding the bipartisan announcement by eight Midwestern Governors supporting long-term summertime use of E15 fuel blends. Erik Huschitt is CEO and General Manager at Badger State Ethanol in Monroe, Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “When we get through this driving season with what President Biden did, we’d have the same dilemma one year away, and what these Governors are saying, they’re saying enough is enough of this piecing […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across the North and Far West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Four Corners States eastward to the middle and southern Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions in the upper Great Lakes region and parts of the Southwest. ...
In this episode of Managing for Profit, Alan Weber, an advisor to Clean Fuels Alliance America and a partner with Marciv, discusses future opportunities for oilseeds that provide climate-friendly feedstocks and cover crops. For more information visit cleanfuels.org. ...
Brownfield’s Amie Simpson will cover the Ohio Farm Bureau Washington, D.C. Leadership Experience in Washington, D.C. September 13 – 15, 2022. ...
A bipartisan group of governors from eight midwestern states have notified the EPA of their intent to exercise state rights under the Clean Air Act to allow year-round sales of E15. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield, “The bottom line is, the Clean Air Act gives governors the authority to establish that level playing field for these ethanol blends, so that we don’t have this situation where E15 […]
