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Bo Williams: How well are you balancing your branched chain amino acids in the pigs’ diet?

The NRC has recommended amino acid requirements that help us balance our diets accordingly, but we must also pay attention to not only which nutrients are deficient, but also which nutrients are in excess. In today's talk with Clayton Chastain, Bo Williams discusses his study where he increased the amount of other branched chain amino acids fed to pigs when there was excess leucine in the diet to try and […]

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2022 Canadian Plant Breeding Innovation Scholar: Emilee Storfie

Emilee is a PhD student in plant science in the Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutritional Science at the University of Alberta. She studies the molecular mechanisms of the interaction between canola and Plasmodiophora brassicae, a pathogen producing clubroot disease that has a major effect on the $26.7 billion canola industry. Her research will help uncover how the clubroot pathogen infect canola plants and how canola can fight off the […]

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Grower takes pride in his father’s and son’s relationship

A farmer who attended Commodity Classic left chores at home to capable, even enthusiastic hands. Eastern South Dakota farmer Chad Schooley doesn’t worry about his farm when he’s away. Schooley – a South Dakota Soybean Association Director – tells Brownfield Ag News his absence gives his 19-year-old son the opportunity to work alongside Schooley’s 81-year-old father. “My dad, he loves it,” said Schooley. “When I’m gone, he gets to work […]

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Omnibus Appropriations package funds pilot Cattle Contract Library program

Funding for a Cattle Contract Library pilot program was included in the Omnibus Appropriations package passed by the Senate last week.  Tanner Beymer with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says this is the first actionable item that’s made it through the legislative process.  “Our ultimate goal here is to give more information to cattle producers,” he says.  “Regardless of what segment of the industry that they operate in information is […]

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Economist says ’22 ARC versus PLC decision easy for most

An agriculture economist says for most farmers, the decision between Agricultural Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage is pretty easy this year. Paul Mitchell with the University of Wisconsin says, “I’m really strongly encouraging people to sign up for ARC, but the reality is neither of them are very likely to pay.” Mitchell tells Brownfield with commodity prices where they are, he’s not counting on farmers to get a payment […]

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Corn, soy delegates set policy

Delegates from the National Corn Growers Association and the American Soybean Association set policy at the conclusion of the 2022 Commodity Classic.  NCGA Chairman John Linder of Ohio says delegates spent their time at the 2022 Commodity Classic outlining their road for the future.  “We put out our sustainability goals and some folks are looking for the pathways to find the incentives and the expertise and get it to the […]

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Foreign animal disease is number one priority for producers

Foreign animal disease preparedness and prevention continues to be a priority for the nation’s pork producers. Eastern Iowa pork producer Al Wulfekuhle says African Swine Fever is at the top of the list.    “African Swine Fever is one of the worst diseases because mortality approaches 100 percent if it gets into your herd and it’s also a foreign animal disease so we would lose our export customers,” he says. […]

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