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 […]
Farmers will begin receiving Census of Agriculture surveys later this year. Nathanial Warenski is the Indiana state statistician with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. “We conduct the Census of Agriculture every five years,” he says. “We’ll be conducting it for the year 2022 and we’ll mail it out in December to make sure we get a count of all the agirulcutre that happened (this year). we send it out to […]
Across the Corn Belt, warmth continues to build northward, as Tuesday’s high temperatures should reach 60°F or higher along and southwest of a line from South Dakota to Ohio. Cool weather prevails, however, from eastern North Dakota to Michigan. Minor lowland flooding continues in parts of the southern Corn Belt, including the Wabash River along the Indiana-Illinois border. On the Plains, warm, dry weather prevails, except for lingering cold conditions […]
Adam Schindler says sorghum, sometimes referred to as milo, has been part of his farm’s crop rotation since the ‘60s because of its resource conservation properties. Schindler – vice chairman of the U.S. Sorghum Checkoff board – tells Brownfield Ag News his southcentral South Dakota farm doesn’t get much rain. “Milo naturally uses less water and has been [sustainable] for decades,” said Schindler, during the recent Commodity Classic in New […]
Missouri farmers and ranchers deal with stress on a daily basis but when natural disasters strike the mental stresses mount. In this Managing for Profit on Brownfield, Rachel Jones, Manager of Trauma Informed Care with the Department of Mental health, recaps our series. Jones says rural resiliency is very important in overcoming the mental health effects of natural disasters. To learn more, visit: dmh.mo.gov. ...
Research funded by the Ohio Soybean Council is taking a closer look at how artificial intelligence can be used to scout soybeans. In this Voice of Soy, Sami Khanal a researcher at Ohio State University talks about how UAVs are being used and how Ohio’s soybean farmers can benefit. ...
Ernie Sanders, Vice President, Product Development with Pivot Bio tells Brownfield he hopes that growers that visited his booth at Commodity Classic walked away with confidence that his company can provide them with biologically derived nitrogen that will add value to their farming practices and help them grow a better crop. Although product availability and supply chain disruptions were a topic of discussion at Commodity Classic, Sanders tells Brownfield […]
In this episode of IL Corn Connection Deb Calhoun, Senior Vice President of The Waterways Council highlights recent projects funded in part by IL corn to educate the public on the importance of lock and dam infrastructure. She highlight the goals and outcomes of these educational campaigns and others to watch for in the future. ...
