Although fertilizer prices are high, a market expert says prices have moved down on several products. Josh Linville with StoneX tells Brownfield the shift in the market has been unexpected. “This has been a little shocking. All of the sudden, now we have got urea almost half price from its high back in March, and phosphate values have fallen off several hundred dollars and we’re watching things like anhydrous and […]
Minnesota Pork has named Jill Resler its new Chief Executive Officer. Resler has been with the Association more than a dozen years, serving the past two as Chief Operating Officer. MPPA president John Anderson, a pig farmer from Belgrade, says Resler has demonstrated a passion for the pork industry, skilled leadership as a visionary, and has unmatched organizational skills. Resler says she’s looking forward to working alongside a talented and […]
A South-Central Nebraska farmer says the effects of drought and an early frost made him replant some soybeans. Doug Saathoff tells Brownfield freezing temperatures hit a large portion of the state. “I had a thin stand to begin with. I had a few that froze off that made the stand even thinner. I replanted about 100 acres. I did some for the neighbor. I did about 40 acres. He had […]
Planting wrapped up over the Memorial Day weekend for a southwest Iowa farmer. Duane Aistrope says he’s pleased with his corn emergence. “The stuff we planted early looks really good. It’s starting to get its nitrogen and it’s getting a little better green color to it.” He tells Brownfield he will be scouting for crop diseases throughout the growing season. “Fungicides will be coming up here before I’m ready for […]
