Agriculture

As June dairy monthly quickly approaches, it’s a good time to highlight the health benefits of milk at any age, but especially for children.  Healthy Living: ...

An ag economist says demand for biofuels has added stronger price support for commodities. Nathan Kauffman with the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank says prior to the pandemic, commodity prices were expected to remain steady through 2022. But, he says, that’s changed. “There are underlying sources for demand for agricultural products. That could be exports, but that could also be energy products that we’re talking about that I think put […]

The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows slight improvement for extended dryness in the Great Plains after a week of rainy weather. North-Central Kansas cattle producer Ethan Dickerson says conditions have improved, but his area remains in severe drought.   “We’re probably about 10 to 15 inches behind coming back from the drought starting last fall.” He tells Brownfield Mother Nature brought more than 2 inches of rain recently. “A week […]

Producers will begin receiving applications for the Emergency Relief Program in the coming days.   Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux tells Brownfield the agency began mailing the more than 300,000 pre-filled applications this week. “The much-anticipated program has been touted as a new way of doing things by the agency and we’re happy to announce letters are going out to producers now that will have the information we already […]

In this episode of Managing for Profit, Alan Weber, an advisor to Clean Fuels Alliance America and a partner with Marciv, discusses industry growth and the diverse set of feedstocks ready to meet those opportunities. For more information visit cleanfuels.org. ...

A storm system currently crossing the Ohio Valley will reach the Northeast on Saturday.  For the remainder of Friday, showers and thunderstorms associated with that storm could result in high winds and flash flooding in parts of the eastern U.S.  Meanwhile, a series of disturbances will traverse areas from the Pacific Northwest into the upper Midwest, resulting in 5-day precipitation totals that will generally range from 1 to 2 inches, […]

Across the Corn Belt, cool, cloudy, showery weather has halted nearly all fieldwork east of the Mississippi River, where Friday’s high temperatures will remain mostly below 70°F.  Meanwhile, dry weather has returned across the western Corn Belt, although low cloudiness lingers early Friday in many areas.  Later Friday, high temperatures should reach 80°F or higher throughout Nebraska and South Dakota. On the Plains, dry weather prevails between storms.  Cool conditions […]

Former U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad suggests a second phase to the trade deal with China is unlikely. “Because the Chinese government loves to subsidize their state-owned enterprises, which are their champions.” He calls that approach “market distorting” and says the Trump administration tried to address it. “And frankly that’s what didn’t get done in the Phase One agreement, and I think will be difficult to do (and) the […]