Wisconsin Farm Bureau has named Bob Nash as this year’s Heroes of Hope honoree. Nash recently completed his term as the District 1 Young Farmer and Agriculturist Representative on the Young Farmers and Agriculturalists Committee and works nights and weekends at Golden E Dairy Farm in West Bend while operating heavy equipment during the day for Ozaukee County. Nash was recognized for his efforts after a fire destroyed a barn, […]
Corn for ethanol use dipped in April. The USDA says 415.738 million bushels of corn were ground for fuel alcohol, 5% less than in March due to seasonal maintenance and 1% lower than April 2022 because of some industry uncertainties about demand. 1,619,677 tons of distillers dried grains with solubles were produced, a decline of 5% on both the month and the year. Soybean crush numbers were mixed. 187 million […]
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were higher except for dry whey Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. June Class III milk was up $0.22 at $15.63. July was up $0.41 at $16.56. August was up $0.37 at $17.37. September was up $0.17 at $18.12. October through April contracts ranged from unchanged from October through February to three cents lower in March. Dry whey was down $0.0125 at $0.2575. Nine […]
Michigan agriculture and environmental groups have received $900,000 to support cover crop adoption across the state through the Farmers for Soil Health partnership. The Corn Marketing Program of Michigan, Michigan Soybean Committee, Michigan Pork Producers Association, Michigan Chapter of The Nature Conservancy, and Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program (MAEAP) hope to establish cover crops on at least 55,000 acres. Corn Marketing Program of Michigan Director of Research and Agronomy Kristin […]
A Southeast Nebraska farmer says his crops are in desperate need of moisture and could be showing signs of disease pressure. Nathan Dorn farms 30 minutes south of Lincoln and says he received about 2 inches of rain Thursday morning, but it’s not nearly enough. “We’re limping from rain to rain. We don’t feel like we have a full soil profile. We don’t feel like there’s enough out in the […]
Farmers this past year have invested nearly $7 billion in crop insurance policies. National Crop Insurance Services President Tom Zacharias tells Brownfield coverage spans nearly 500 million acres in the U.S. “Crop insurance for the major field crops covers about 90 percent of planted acres, and those are the principal field crops—corn, soybeans, wheat, etcetera,” he says. Zacharias says farmers also spend an additional billion dollars for crop insurance at […]
Ethanol production and stocks both moved higher last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production was a six-week high at 1.004 million barrels, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week, but a decrease of 67,000 from a year ago. Some plants are coming back on-line after seasonal maintenance as the industry prepares for summer driving season and expanded E15 access but continues to grapple with some questions about […]
On a vote of 314 – 117, the U.S. House has passed the agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and the Senate is now considering the bill. The bill includes a temporary expansion of work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Agri-Pulse is reporting the Senate is expected to give the final approval by the weekend. The deadline to avoid a government default is Monday, June 5. […]
Iowa farmers are paying record high cash rents. Iowa State University Extension economist Alejandro Plastina says the average cash rental rate increased nine percent from 2022 to 2023. “Reaching a record high of $279 per acre as an overall average across the state. But we’ve seen that higher quality land saw higher percent increases.” The previous record for Iowa was $270 per acre in 2013. He tells Brownfield farmer profitability […]
