Agriculture

The leading yielder in the pilot of the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network says 140-bushel wheat was below average for him.  Modeled after efforts to improve wheat yields in the United Kingdom, the Great Lakes Yield Enhancement Network started last growing season with a few dozen growers including Jeff Krohn. “It really is learning a lot about how the wheat is growing, weather conditions, nutrients that we’re putting on, trying […]

Photo Credit: IL Pork An Illinois farmer says input costs are just as much of a concern on the livestock side of his operation as they are on the grain side. Thomas Titus raises corn, soybeans, and pigs in Elkhart, Illinois. He tells Brownfield the good news for grain farmers is high commodity prices are helping ease high fertilizer costs, but those high grain prices are both a blessing and […]

When it comes to snow this winter in South Dakota is a story of haves and have nots. South Dakota Farm Bureau President Scott VanderWal farms in the eastern part of the state, “We’ve had a pretty decent winter as far as snowfall. Not a lot of it. Out in western South Dakota they want some snow and they’re not getting it because they that to melt next spring and […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson has proclaimed this week as FFA week in the state. Parson drove to work in a tractor this morning accompanied by Missouri FFA President Kaitlin Kleiboeker to celebrate National FFA Week. He tells Brownfield FFA week shows youth in ag the respect they deserve while showcasing the industry’s importance in Missouri. “I think when you look at this generation out here today, you’re going to see […]

For the remainder of Wednesday, rain showers in the eastern U.S. will gradually end. Meanwhile, a storm emerging from the Southwest will produce locally heavy snow in the Four Corners States and wintry precipitation from the southern Plains into the mid-South. On Thursday, storm impacts across the nation’s mid-section will reach peak intensity. For example, snow will blanket the central Plains and upper Midwest; sleet and freezing rain will extend […]

Specialized agricultural license plates are now available to Minnesotans. Minnesota FFA Foundation executive director Val Aarsvold says it took four legislative sessions to make it happen. “And during those four years of time though, what we really saw was people came out and said (they) wanted this and wanted to get behind it. So I think it really is the accumulation of many peoples’ efforts to make the plate a […]

Across the Corn Belt, cold but mostly dry weather prevails. Sub-zero temperatures were reported Wednesday morning throughout the upper Midwest. Lingering snow showers are generally confined to areas in the vicinity of the Great Lakes. However, elevated river levels continue in parts of the eastern Corn Belt. Prior to the most recent round of stormy weather, USDA/NASS rated topsoil moisture 76% surplus in Ohio, along with 60% in Indiana and […]

A Western Corn Belt farmer says there are global and domestic adding uncertainty in 2022. Northeast Nebraska farmer Lucas Miller tells brownfield the Russia/Ukraine conflict are top of mind because it’s “playing with the markets right now and affecting how they’re moving causing some of the upper-range volatility that we have along with the South American drought and what the gauge of that truly is.” He says demand at ethanol […]

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