Prairie Organics: Think Whole Farm 2022 Recorded Session - 8 February 2022 - Yamily Zavala talks about soil health sampling protocols, what soil health indicators need to be tested, and what the CARA Soil health Lab reports offer. Evaluating the soils on your farm will give you the basic information you need to start the process for healing soils. She will also discuss what to monitor during this process with […]
President Biden’s budget for fiscal year 2023 includes more than $28 billion in discretionary funding for the USDA. That is a $4.2 billion, or 17% increase from the 2021 enacted level. The White House says resources provided through the 2023 budget complement investments made in conservation, forest management, and broadband deployment, which were provided in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says these are critical investments […]
U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown says the Senate Agriculture Committee has begun discussing the 2023 Farm Bill. “We are already talking about how we begin to gather information so the farm bill can be on time this year,” he says. “It’s important because agriculture is changing fast. We see the challenges in terms of input costs for farmers.” He tells Brownfield it’s important to hear farmer concerns and priorities. “As […]
Farm Bureau Senior Counsel for Public Policy Travis Cushman says if California’s Proposition 12 was implemented it could have broader implications for all of US agriculture. “The precedent it sets outside the pork industry, this type of law could work in any other type of agricultural commodity or product,” he says. “Where you have one state essentially telling farmers in other states how they must raise their animals or produce […]
A U.S. Representative says it will take an act of Congress to make sure E15 is available at pumps nationwide this summer. Iowa Republican Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield current regulations would prohibit the sale of fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol from June 1st to September 15th in about 70 percent of the U.S. “We looked at it several different ways and tried to approach the EPA (but) they have […]
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground at University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus) covering the Minnesota FFA Convention on Monday, April 25, 2022. ...
Ag lenders are encouraging farmers to review their risk management strategies as the Fed increases interest rates. Glen Semple, Vice President of Commercial Lending with Farm Credit Illinois tells Brownfield the Federal Open Market Committee met earlier this month. “They raised interest rates by 25 basis points, which is one-quarter of 1%. That is the first Fed rate increase since 2018.” And he says market expectations are for at least […]
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp will be on the ground in Ames on Monday, April 11, 2022 for the Iowa FFA Leadership Conference. ...
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle closed lower following Friday’s On Feed numbers and ahead of this week’s direct cash business. April live cattle closed $.17 lower at $140.30 and June live cattle closed $0.60 lower at $136.77. April feeder cattle closed $0.75 lower at $160.82 and may feeder cattle closed $0.25 lower at $165.07. It was as quiet start to the week for direct cash cattle […]
