Agriculture

The Federal Bureau of Investigation sees a few main threats to agriculture – cyber, counterintelligence, and counter-terrorism. In this Managing for Profit, we’ll hear from the Federal Bureau of Investigation on several national security threats they see for the agriculture industry and how they are working to protect our food security. ...

A dairy cooperative is supporting proposed changes to the Dairy Margin Coverage program. Jeff Lyon with FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative tells Brownfield the Dairy Farm Resiliency Act would make two major changes. “One has to do with making changes to production histories to update those so they more accurately reflect production levels where dairy farms are at, and then the other one is to make an incremental increase from the five […]

Welcome rain fell across a large portion of the Midwest over the weekend. Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig tells Brownfield significant totals are being reported in his state. “It’s huge. Any Monday I get to start the day by looking at the precipitation totals over the weekend is a good day.” He says there were reports of severe weather. “In terms of hail. But really just a nice, widespread rain […]

A farmer from a large dairy and crop operation in northeastern Wisconsin says the crops look better than he would expect considering how little rain has fallen. Lee Kinnard Lee Kinnard with Kinnard Farms near Casco northeast of Green Bay says their row crops still have the potential for good yield. “It’s dry out there, but you know, the stands are there and really, I think, If Mother Nature brings […]

It’s getting drier in Missouri with below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures for this time of the year. USDA says subsoil moisture supplies are now rated 81% short to very short, worse than the previous week. Missouri’s hay supplies are 80% short to very short with stock water supplies 54% short. Pasture conditions are rated 68% poor to very poor. The state’s corn is rated 44% fair with 3% […]

The health of Wisconsin’s crops continues to decline because of the lack of rainfall.  Most of the state saw less than an inch of rain last week. USDA statistician Greg Bussler says the corn condition dropped 8%, soybeans down 7%, and oats down 3% from a week ago. Ninety-eight percent of Wisconsin’s corn has emerged, and that’s 8 days ahead of average, but only 42% of the crop is rated […]

The USDA says storms delivered timely moisture to crops last week in Ohio. The state’s corn and soybean crops are rated 66 percent good to excellent.   Winter wheat is rated 60 percent good to excellent with 55 percent of the crop mature and one percent harvested. The second cutting of alfalfa hay is 25 percent complete, and the second cutting of other hay is 11 percent complete. ...