In this IL Corn Connection Greg Goodwin, IL Corn’s Director for the Precision Conservation Management Program, highlights how corn farmers’ checkoff dollars are being matched or exceeded to leverage more funds for on-farm conservation work through the PCM program. For every $1 invested by Illinois corn farmers, an additional $5 is being matched from other supporters to fund the program. ...
Unloading Baby Pigs & Loading Out Feeder Pigs: In this one the boys start it off by unloading 1,100 weaner pigs off the truck into Site 3. Next the boys count up and sort all the fresh bacon seeds, then it’s time to hang a barn heater to warm up the pigs. Finally the boys load out 3 loads of feeder pigs for overstocks.
Do you know which type of fiber can help and stimulate the pig’s gut? Watch this video and get an explanation from Dr. Price of the different types of fiber in pigs’ diets. And then let us know your thoughts on it!
Dr. Machado talks about the pieces that are still missing and that could help them discover the diseases’ routes. How do you think we could improve this data?
Dane Froese, oilseed specialist with Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development, shares the 2021 prairie canola crop report for Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including acreage statistics, spring and summer growing conditions, fall weather and moisture recharge and 2022 cropping intentions. Dane presented on Nov. 30, during the Canola Industry Meeting, the first day of Canola Week 2021.
Finding bright young employees is a big challenge. The Borlaug Scholarship is one solution. Forward-thinking organizations help bring young researchers together each year to network with a who’s who of the industry. Your organization can be one of them. We sit down with Borlaug Scholar Chandler Levinson and Allen Van Deynze, director of the Seed Biotechnology Center at the University of California – Davis, to talk about the challenges the […]
A market analyst recommends using target orders to manage volatility. Angie Setzer with Consus ROI tells Brownfield a lot of big moves have been occurring during overnight trade. “There’s always this idea of let’s say $6.50 corn (as an example). Well do you want to put an order in? ‘No, I’ll watch it.’ And then what we tend to see happen is maybe $6.50 hits overnight and throughout the day […]
A farmer in southeast Minnesota suggests there aren’t many contingency plans for herbicide shortages. Brennen Toquam of Blooming Prairie says it sounds like some post-emergence products will be in short supply this year. “So if you can plan ahead and try to stay ahead of it that way and almost layer residuals that would be an okay plan, but you’re always going to have escapes. I mean, you can always […]
