Agriculture

Disagreements between Russia and Ukraine over agriculture exports have put the future of the Black Sea Grain Initiative in jeopardy once again. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield Russia is demanding to increase its exports like fertilizers or the deal ends. “Every time we get near the deadline, the Russians complain that something’s not going right. They’re not getting grain out, they’re not getting fertilizer out. The grain that is […]

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The end of planting season is near for a Wisconsin dairy farmer who also does custom planting. Brody Stapel Brody Stapel from Cedar Grove has been busy planting for other farms but is focusing on his own corn acres now. “We’re planting 775 and we’ve got 710 in or something like that. That’s corn. We’re waiting for manure to go out so we can finish up the corn on first-cutting […]

Wheat conditions in parts of the U.S. are some of the worst they’ve been in decades.  Marco Hernandez is with one of the nation’s largest wheat milling companies.  He explains why companies like his are closely monitoring the quality and the quantity of the crop. AUDIO: Healthy Living on wheat supplies ...

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on an agreement in principle that would raise the debt ceiling while reducing government spending. The agreement, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act, includes a temporary expansion of work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The updates would allow veterans, the homeless and others to qualify for food stamps and raise the age for work requirements to 54-years-old. The changes would sunset […]

For the remainder of the week, disorganized showers will primarily affect areas between the Rockies and Mississippi Valley, with 5-day rainfall totals reaching 1 to 2 inches or more in some locations.  Some of the heaviest rain may fall in Montana and portions of neighboring states, as well as the southern High Plains.  Meanwhile, mostly dry weather will prevail in the Far West and Desert Southwest. Another area of mostly […]

Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers are confined to the upper Midwest.  Elsewhere, sudden warmth and ongoing dry conditions are reducing topsoil moisture for corn and soybean emergence and development.  Wednesday’s high temperatures will reach 85°F or higher throughout the Corn Belt, with a few locations attaining 90°F.  On the Plains, warmth—with Wednesday’s high temperatures generally ranging from 80 to 90°F—is promoting a rapid pace of crop development.  Meanwhile, showers […]