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Fungicide Applications: When You Should Spray Your Corn

In this video, Pioneer Field Agronomist Paul Yoder provides advice on when you should consider a fungicide application for your corn. In fields with good stand and emergence, fields will benefit the most from a fungicide to increase standability during harvest. Multiple on-farm trials have shown spraying a fungicide has resulted in more than an 8 bu/A increase in corn yields, giving farmers good ROI on their fungicide investment. Applying […]

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Corn Fungicide Applications: 3 Benefits for Your Crops

Making the decision to invest in a fungicide is an important decision for farmers, and many farmers wonder what exactly they get when applying a fungicide. In this video, Pioneer Field Agronomist Mike Navarrete shows 3 benefits of applying a fungicide to your corn this year. The first benefit is stress reduction. The most critical growth stage for corn is between the VT and R1 stage of your corn’s life […]

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USDA Announces Approval of D-SNAP for Oklahoma Disaster Areas

WASHINGTON, May 4, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that low-income Oklahoma residents in two counties (McClain and Pottawatomie) recovering from tornadoes and severe storms that began on April 19, 2023, could be eligible for a helping hand from the USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP).

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Biden-Harris Administration Invests $63M for Fuel Breaks to Protect Communities, Increase Firefighter Safety, as Part of Investing in America Agenda

DURANGO, Colo., May 4, 2023 – Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is investing $63 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act to expand wildfire barriers, known as fuel breaks, to protect communities and firefighters across the West. Fuel breaks slow a fire’s spread, create a safe zone for firefighters to work, and a safer place to conduct hazardous fuel reduction treatments […]

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Young farmers rely on diversification and connections for growth

Community connections have helped one first-generation crop farmer get started. Mitch Kline tells Brownfield he began farming when he was 14 years old and traded mowing services with a neighbor to grow hay in an overgrown field. “I just used my dad’s mower and mowed his grass for rent and took the field out and borrowed some tractors from neighbors.” Over time, more farmers helped him expand. “They ended up […]

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Wisconsin made more specialty cheeses in 2022

The top cheese-producing state saw growth in the specialty cheese markets.  USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service says Wisconsin continued to produce the most cheese in 2022 making 25% of U.S. cheese.  Specialty cheeses accounted for 26% of the state’s total production, and that was 51 million more pounds of specialty cheese than Wisconsin made in 2021. Asiago, Hispanic, and Parmesan wheel production grew 14% each last year.  There was also […]

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Dry conditions challenge MO forage production

Missouri’s farmers and ranchers say they are grateful for any rain, but it will take decent amount to regrow pasture, produce a decent hay crop and fill ponds. “We’re talking 2 to 6 inches of rain, not a quarter inch.” Matt Van Schyndel has cattle, sheep and goats in central Missouri. He says the pasture growth has not taken off like it usually does in the spring due to the […]

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Michigan Congressional leaders speaking out on added H-2A fees

A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers say a proposed rule to increase filing fees for seasonal guestworker visas will negatively impact farmers. Congressman Bill Huizenga tells Brownfield farmers using the H-2A program are already facing a nearly 13 percent wage increase this year. “We’re seeing a lot of frustration and anger out of farmers who are genuinely worried about what the future of the industry is going to be, not […]

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Wisconsin’s Governor appoints new ag board members

Wisconsin has two new and two returning members on the state’s ag board.  Cashton farmer and Organic Valley’s Senior Director of Dairy Handling and Supply Miranda Leis and Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery CEO Paul Bauer have been re-appointed to the board.  Dairy farmer Tina Hinchley was appointed to a six-year term replacing potato farmer Andy Diercks.  Cindy Brown is the President of Chippewa Valley Bean.  She replaces Patty Edelburg from Amherst, […]

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