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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to threaten global wheat supplies, sending prices soaring. Stephen Nicholson, global grains and oilseeds strategist for Rabobank says Russia and Ukraine account for about 30% of global wheat exports. “If you take Russia and Ukraine wheat out and you think ‘that means there’s a lot left’, but you look at the other exporters in the world and you look at those stocks,” he says.  “There […]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has been confirmed in a flock of commercial broiler chickens in Missouri.  The facility is located in Stoddard County, Missouri (Southeast Missouri) along the Mississippi flyway.  The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is working closely with state animal health officials on a joint incident response.  The affected premises has been quarantined, and all the birds on the properties will be depopulated to prevent […]

The National Farmers Union has filed an official anti-trust complaint against Deere and Company on their repair restrictions with the Federal Trade Commission. Aaron Shier with NFU tells Brownfield farmers and ranchers should be allowed to fix the equipment they own but the market is currently monopolized by equipment manufacturers like John Deere. “The Right to Repair is ensuring that farmers and independent mechanics have access to the parts, tools, […]

Broadband access in rural areas remains problematic, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer.   Purdue’s Jim Mintert says producers were asked to describe the quality of their farm’s internet access.     “Just three out of ten people in the survey said that they had high quality internet access; roughly four out of 10 said they had moderate quality; 12 percent said they didn’t have internet access […]

Carbon sequestration plays a vital roll in improving the environment moving forward. In this episode, Caleb Smith a conservation agronomist with Agoro Carbon Alliance shares advantages of sequestering carbon in the soil and why cover crops are important to that conversation. Learn more about Agoro Carbon Alliance and their mission here. ...

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Pacific Coast to the Mississippi Valley and the upper Great Lakes region, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail along and east of a line from southeastern Louisiana to Lake Ontario. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country should contrast with drier-than-normal conditions from California to the southern High Plains. ...

Consumers may be noticing continued high meat prices in the grocery store. Scott Brown, a livestock economist with the University of Missouri, discusses inflation and says although meat prices are up, demand isn’t slowing. Healthy Living: ...

A cheesemaker from Switzerland has won the World Championship Cheese competition twice in a row, and for a third overall time.  The cheese called Gourmino Le Gruyere AOP crafted by Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus in Bern, Switzerland took top honors at the biennial contest hosted by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association.  The top two cheeses came from Switzerland out of 2,978 entries.  The first runner up was Appenzeller® […]

One of the early innovators in Wisconsin’s recently-expanded producer-led watershed protection grant program says farmers should not be left out of new carbon sequestration programs because they started doing the right things a decade ago. Jeff Endres is a dairy farmer and the chairman of Yahara Pride Farms, a farmer-led watershed protection group focused on keeping nutrients out of the Yahara River, which feeds the lakes surrounding Madison, Wisconsin.  Endres […]