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Canada has announced a new program that will invest nearly $230 million US dollars into processing for supply-managed commodities. Officials say the Supply Management Processing Investment Fund is part of the Government of Canada’s commitment to support processors in sectors like dairy and poultry to address the impacts of international trade agreements. Officials say work is underway with supply-managed sectors to determine full and fair compensation for the impacts of […]

Eastern South Dakota farmer Dawn Scheier is proud to serve on the committee that oversees the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH). “What WISHH is doing is they’re connecting trade and development,” Scheier told Brownfield Ag News at the 2022 Commodity Classic in New Orleans. “These countries don’t know what soybeans are. They’re protein deficient, so what we’re doing is teaching them the basics so they can go […]

One hundred wheat farmers across the Great Lakes and Ontario plan to collect and share data throughout 2022 to enhance yields. Dennis Pennington with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield after success seen in last year’s pilot for the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network, participants this year span across Michigan, Ontario, Ohio, Indiana, New York, and Wisconsin. “We are collecting more data on the wheat crop than we’ve probably ever […]

Farmers at Commodity Classic were asking a lot of questions about the herbicide supply. Most of the concerns are about foliar herbicides like glyphosate, glufosinate and atrazine. Nick Hustedde, Technical Service Manager who covers parts of Illinois and Indiana for FMC Corporation tells Brownfield growers need to do everything they can to manage weeds in the soil to take the pressure off post-emergence herbicides. Hustedde tells Brownfield FMC has one […]

An Illinois farmer says with so many variables at play, it is hard to take a solid stance on the right to repair debate. Ron Kindred tells Brownfield they spent a lot of time discussing the topic during a soybean grower caucus at Commodity Classic. “If you restrict it too much, then are you restricting innovation? But we think it is important that farmers can repair their equipment as long […]

Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he expects another strong year for U.S. ag export sales. “We had a record year for exports last year – $177 billion – we expect to break that record this year.” Vilsack says USDA will conduct trade missions to the United Kingdom in June,  Philippines in July, Kenya in October and Spain in November. “There are a whole heck of a lot of people at […]

A commodity partnership is leading an effort to strengthen conservation practices by establishing 30 million acres of cover crops by the end of the decade. “I think we’re going to blow by that goal, I really do. There’s lots of interest.” John Johnson with Farmers for Soil Health says it’s a farmer led, farmer funded initiative. “This isn’t EPA saying doing this. This isn’t NRCS suggesting we do it. It’s […]

An ag trader says limited stocks and geopolitical uncertainty are setting dry bean growers up for a solid marketing year. Matt Stawowy with Michigan-based Steele & Company tells Brownfield, however, as grain markets continue to remain volatile, growers have yet to finalize some planting decisions. “Under traditional demand outlooks, we are going into the next growing season with a need and an appetite for dry edible bean acres,” he says. […]

The head of the Midwest Cover Crops Council says rainfall can be a dividing factor for farmers in the region to adopt the conservation practice. Senior program manager Anna Marrow tells Brownfield the increasing drought in the western Midwest can make it difficult to establish cover crops.  She says the farmers who can sometimes have to do so through irrigation but are finding more than just soil health benefits. “Some […]