The recent decision by a local medical officer of health to stop farmers from bringing in their temporary foreign workers – and its reversal – highlighted cracks that remain in how the pandemic is being handled going into its third year.
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Canola Council - Amy Mangin, research manager with Manitoba Canola Growers Association, provides an update on MCGA's research programming. Amy presented on Nov. 30, during the Canola Industry Meeting, the first day of Canola Week 2021.
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Cattle future traded mixed to lower with sideways action for a lot of the day watching little cash trade and light box movement. Live cattle contracts saw profit taking to close the week. Feeder cattle futures were mixed with the nearbys lower and defferds higher. Direct cash cattle trade was quiet to close the week. The week’s business came in at $142 in the South, $2 higher than last week’s […]
The mother and attorney who developed a milk-based sports drink says she didn’t imagine her idea would get this far. Michelle McBride worked with the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research to create GoodSport, an electrolyte-filled beverage made with ultrafiltered milk. She tells Brownfield this was an entirely new challenge. “And I certainly didn’t understand the amount of work that it would take in research and development, and you […]
The trend of having fewer farms continued in Wisconsin last year. The USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says the state had 64,100 farms which was down 300 from 2020. USDA says the amount of land in farms was 14.2 million acres in 2021, which was about 100-thousand fewer acres than in 2020. The report says there are still far more small to medium-sized Wisconsin farms with under 100-thousand dollars in […]
A market analyst points to historical highs as farmers ponder the upside potential of soybeans. Kent Beadle with CHS Hedging says there was a peak of $16.63 in 2008 and five years later prices reached $16.30. “So two of the major years we peaked out at somewhat close to where our highs were last week, from which we reversed lower. And I think there’s some technical reasons for that.” Soybean […]
A leading state farm group says USDA’s $1 billion climate-smart program announced earlier this month could be positive for rural revitalization. Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins tells Brownfield the program will boost to the ag economy if it creates more value-added opportunities in the heartland – like new grain and meat processing facilities. “A lot of what the Secretary is talking about does align with, in many respects, what […]
