The U.S. Dairy Export Council says year over year U.S. dairy exports for March were down four-tenths of a percent. It’s the first dip in milk solids equivalent exports in a year. Strong U.S. exports in January allowed the value and volume to grow for the first quarter, but increased competition, inflation, economic uncertainty, and lower Chinese demand are impacting the market. There was some good news in the USDEC […]
A slow-moving frontal boundary stretching from the Northwest into the Southeast will gradually lift northward while remaining a focus for scattered showers and thunderstorms. The front will also separate cooler air across the North from building heat in the South. Weekend temperatures will surge to 90°F or higher as far north as the central Plains and the middle Mississippi Valley. By early next week, temperatures will also approach or reach […]
Parts marketing specialist Phil Lauer says John Deere has added a service that allows customers to bring in-cab monitors and GPS receivers to their local dealership to be repaired and returned by Deere’s REMAN Service. In other words, he tells Brownfield it’s a repair service utilizing factory technicians. ...
Exposing kids early to a diverse set of fruits and vegetables provides a ton of added benefits. From starting kids off young making better choices when it comes to food, but also opening the eyes of adults to the possibility of foods for kids to eat that go beyond chicken nuggets and tater tots. AUDIO: Healthy Living on nutrition education ...
Across the Corn Belt, warm, dry weather in the western Corn Belt is promoting an acceleration of planting activities and other spring fieldwork. Friday’s high temperatures will generally range from 70 to 85°F. On the Plains, warm weather is replacing previously chilly conditions. Some of the warmest weather, relative to normal, covers the northern half of the Plains, except for lingering cool conditions in wetter areas of eastern North Dakota […]
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to areas west of the Rockies. Meanwhile drier-than-normal weather should be limited to northern Maine and the Four Corners region. ...
Corteva has successfully launched many innovative herbicides for cereal growers, giving them an effective set of tools to manage difficult to control weeds.
There have been 25 trials that have compared a single application at flowering versus none, and 16 trials that have compared a single application to a double application.
Dr. Burton’s research examines the role of the soil environment in influencing the nature and extent of microbial metabolism in soil.
