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Planting 10,000 Sunflowers!

I’ve been looking forward to this day for months, getting the sunflower field planted is always a huge job to do ,but very satisfying when it’s done!

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Statement by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on the Intent to Nominate Doug McKalip to Serve as Chief Agricultural Negotiator

WASHINGTON, June 8, 2022 - “Doug McKalip is highly qualified and exceptionally capable of serving the American people as Chief Agricultural Negotiator. Having served as a key agriculture policy official for nearly three decades, he has worked on every aspect of farming from soil conservation, and the supply chain to dealing with sensitive trade and national security matters. Through his service, he has represented American farmers around the world and […]

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Brownfield

Cattle futures supported by stronger cash trade

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher, watching direct cash business develop.  August live cattle closed $3.40 higher at $137.52 and October live cattle closed $2.67 higher at $142.75.  August feeder cattle closed $3.20 higher at $175.65 and September feeder cattle closed $2.50 higher at $177.25.  A light to moderate trade has developed across all parts of cattle country on Wednesday.  Live deals were […]

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Brownfield

Senate confirms Jacobs-Young as USDA Under Secretary

The US Senate confirmed Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young to serve as the USDA Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.  The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the Research, Education, and Economics arm of the USDA provides data and analysis that is crucial to cattle producers around the country as they make business decisions, assess economic conditions, and monitor new scientific developments and the organization is looking forward to working […]

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Brownfield

Supply chain issues and a tornado slowed dairy farm upgrade

A central Wisconsin dairy farm needed more time to make the change from stanchions to milking robots. Dennis Roehl tells Brownfield there were supply chain issues that slowed the retrofitting of their free-stall barn and the installation of four robots. “We were supposed to be milking January 1st (in the new facility) We just started three weeks ago so it has been a long time coming here and we still […]

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