Central South Dakota farmer Reno Brueggeman says crop inputs have been hard to come by this planting season. “A lot of chemical suppliers that say they are out of supply and people are really shopping,” he said. “And I don’t mean shopping in a good way for price. They are shopping for supply.” He tells Brownfield he was fortunate to get products purchased last fall, but the most recent struggle […]
The USDA says 1.809 million cattle were placed into U.S. feedlots during April. That’s down 1% on the year but still towards the upper end of pre-report estimates and comes as drought continues to impact pastures conditions in some of the major feeding areas and relatively high feed prices cut into producers’ bottom lines. About half of those cattle weighed between 700 and 900 pounds, heading to market in late […]
AgriGold Agronomist Mitch Greve says Ohio farmers continue to experience a wide range of weather conditions this planting season. “Overall I would say Ohio is a little behind the five-year average. These timely rains in spots keep putting farmers out of the field for a day or two,” he says. “As you get up in the northwest corner of the state, farmers are severely behind and keep getting rain […]
Photo provided by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture A delegation of ag officials from Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. continues its work on challenges related to food security and biotechnology. The Tri-National Agricultural Accord Working Group on Agriculture Technology met this week in Mexico. The group was formed in October during the 30th annual meeting of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture and their state […]
A farmer in southeastern South Dakota says farmers in his area are trying to finish corn planting. Travis Mockler of Centerville tells Brownfield, “It’s been drug out a little bit because of the storms, but it’s been going pretty good,” he said. “Everybody is starting to hit beans pretty hard. The planting conditions are right. It’s dry.” He says his corn planting has been very spread out compared to recent […]
East-central Iowa farmer Dave Walton says warm temperatures have helped crops emerge. “First beans we planted are up and the first corn we planted is just poking through,” he said. “As you drive around the countryside, you’re seeing a lot of that early planting stuff pop right out. I think my beans came out in four days this year.” He tells Brownfield farmers in his area are trying to wrap […]
Farmers and landowners are skeptical about a proposed pipeline that would transport carbon dioxide from ethanol plants across the Midwest. South-Central Nebraska farmer Larry Rauert tells Brownfield the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline would cut his irrigated field potentially reducing yields. “I hate to be a stick in the mud to the rest of the mud to my fellow neighbors because this could be a huge difference in the price of […]
Egg washing and packing facility Egg Central Station in Springfield, Missouri is expanding. The facility, operated by Vital Farms, is nearly doubling in size which the group says will create more than 50 agriculture related jobs. Missouri Partnership Vice President of Business Development Dennis Pruitt tells Brownfield the site is well placed to serve as an egg distribution hub to the Southwest U.S. “The benefit of being near some of […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Brent Barnett will be on site for the Lely North America Grand Opening Event in Pella, Iowa on June 2nd, 2022. ...
