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A tentative agreement has been reached to end 13 months of labor talks between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union, easing concerns about supply chain disruptions. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says the deal is monumental for the U.S. red meat industry.  “A huge percentage of our business especially value-added chilled business, which is our highest value business for […]

One of the jobs of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is to make sure products that are labeled with certain animal-raising claims are actually raised in that manner.  Sandra Eskin, undersecretary for USDA’s FSIS says the USDA’s has announced plans to implement a multi-step effort to strengthen the verification of those claims consumers see on labels. AUDIO: Healthy Living on USDA labeling measures ...

Illinois Association FFA has announced their 2023 Stars over Illinois. The 2023 Illinois FFA Star Farmer is Cole Paulek of the Taylorville FFA Chapter. He tells Brownfield his diversified supervised agriculture experience has prepared him for a future career. “I plan on studying animal nutrition. Working around both the grain side and the livestock side I can see what goes into the feed and how it impacts the livestock. So, […]

An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says weed management could be a problem for a few rice fields this year. Justin Chlapecka tells Brownfield pre-emergence herbicides weren’t activated due to a lack of rain and farmers are trying to control grassy weeds with a post-emergence herbicide. When it gets above 90 degrees, he says post-emergence herbicides won’t perform well. “Once the grass gets any size to it at […]

Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner and Madelyn Heinecke-Thompson, Precision Agronomist with Advanced Agrilytics, dive into crop protection tools and fungicides for the 2023 growing season. Click here to learn more about Advanced Agrilytics. ...

From groceries to fuel, inflation has made everything more expensive.  But how much is it changing consumer consumption? David Widmar is an ag economist with Agricultural Economic Insights. AUDIO: Healthy Living on protein consumption ...

Jul. corn closed at $6.07 and 3/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.88 and 1/4, down 11 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $389.70, down $7.80Jul. soybean oil closed at 55.96, up 53 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.30 and 1/4, down 6 centsJun. live cattle closed at $177.45, down $1.97Aug. feeder cattle closed at $235.90, down $4.55Jun. lean hogs closed at $87.20, up 7 centsJun. ...

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of widespread direct trade. August live cattle closed $2.95 lower at $170.97 and October lives closed $2.90 lower at $174.12.  August feeders closed $4.55 lower at $235.90 and September feeders closed $4.27 lower at $239.12.  Direct cash cattle trade activity was relatively quiet on Wednesday.  Bids surfaced at $178 live in the South and $295 dressed in the […]

An Illinois cattleman is considering utilizing electronic identification tags for his herd. Newly elected Illinois Beef Association President Dave Duzan of McLean County tells Brownfield many producers who don’t use EID tags are concerned about information security, but he wants to be prepared for a foreign animal disease outbreak. “We run a backgrounding operation and move calves about every 30 days, and if we aren’t able to move calves for […]