Agriculture

A new food business center at the University of Nebraska will help build resiliency in the food supply chain for consumers and producers in five states. USDA Undersecretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt tells Brownfield it will help create new and diverse markets for farmers in Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma. “You’re busy growing your crop. You’re busy running your operation, not knowing the different resources […]

This week Illinois Soybean Association Communications Manager Claire Weinzierl highlights the benefits of biodiesel for farmers, fleets, fuel retailers and drivers and opportunities for everyone to expand use of the fuel. She also explains how the state soybean checkoff continues to invest in biodiesel initiatives. ...

(Photo L-R: Tammy-Vaasen from-Wisconsin Beef Council, Philip Schmidt from Hahns Meat Packing, Jeff Swenson from Wisconsin Department of Ag Trade and Consumer Protection) A Wisconsin meat processor says bringing foreign buyers to shops like his helps export business grow.  Philip Schmidt owns Hahn’s Meat Packing in Kaukauna, Wisconsin. He tells Brownfield, “I think it’s really important that they get to see what we do, how clean our facilities are, how […]

The mostly sunny weather has many Wisconsin farmers planting their corn and soybeans this week. Ben Augustine One of the farmers making good progress is Ben Augustine, who farms near Sheldon in northwestern Wisconsin.  He tells Brownfield, “I’ve got 952 acres done of a total of about 25 hundred to get planted, so I’m probably half to three-quarters done planted.” Augustine says he and most of his neighbors have been […]

Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow says it would be a disaster for the ag industry if the U.S. were to default on its debt. “Every farmer is operating with loans, interest rates would skyrocket, programs would stop,” she says.  “We don’t know what would happen around crop insurance, we would don’t know what would happen in other programs that would have to stop.” One of the hold-ups in debt […]

Dave Devore with Siemer Milling tells Brownfield the first field of the day was impressive. “If this field is any indication of what we’re going to see the rest of the day, we’re going to be extremely pleased,” he says.  He says tiller counts were high with nice-sized heads and no signs of disease in the field just outside of Effingham, but they are keeping an eye out for certain […]

Did you know that investing soybean checkoff dollars helps to improve global demand for US meat products around the globe brings added value to Ohio’s soybean farmers? In this Voice of Soy, Ohio Soybean Council’s Madison Layman shares the benefits of investing checkoff dollars in soybean’s top customer. ...