The pressures of farming are immense and so is the mental stress. In this Managing for Profit on Brownfield, Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn says most farm families have to split work between town and the farm which creates its own stressors on top of the job of farming itself. She says the department will be rolling out a plan to help Missouri farmers and ranchers connect with mental health […]
A pipeline infrastructure company says when it comes to carbon credits, there’s a gap in data collection between the farm and the end-user, making it hard for the entire value chain to benefit. CEO Matt Vining with Navigator CO2 Ventures tells Brownfield it will take partnerships to get a seamless and transparent flow of data so everyone along the value chain can capitalize on potential carbon credits. “How do we […]
Erik Huschitt with Larry Lee at NEC2022 Photo: Cindy Zimmerman An ethanol producer says he doubts Washington or the states can restore year-round E15 use in time for the summer driving season. Erik Huschitt with Badger State Ethanol in Monroe, Wisconsin tells Brownfield America had the one-pound waiver approved by the prior administration, “And then, we have a change in the Supreme Court level that doesn’t acknowledge that change, and […]
The CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association says ethanol is drawing new researchers and new investors to the industry. Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield that’s because of so many potential new uses for ethanol. “Sometimes we get our blinders on and think that there’s only one way to use ethanol and that’s as a gasoline additive. That’s not the case. Because of its properties, because of its low-carbon benefits, because of […]
The month of February is often considered the ugly month of winter, when the weather can be what winter is all about. I find that February is always short of sunshine, and vitamin D supplements become the order of the day.
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Our Feed Line Is Broken: In this one Tork starts it off by choring the neighbors hog barns while he’s on vacation, next the boys fix a broken feed line that’s been leaking feed.
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