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As spring fieldwork picks up, a farm group and extension educators are reaching out to motorists to make roads safer. Cheryl Skjolaas Cheryl Skjolaas is the Agricultural Safety and Health Specialist with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Skjolaas tells Brownfield she is working with Wisconsin Farm Bureau, creating a safety video showing some of the dangerous situations that happen with passenger vehicles and farm implements.  “We really want to help […]

Utilizing a fungicide can help farmers control crop diseases, improve crop health and ultimately boost yields. In this Managing for Profit, Lynn Justesen, UPL Tech Services Lead says farmers need consistent performance from their fungicide to provide more robust disease control with both preventative and curative activity. ...

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture has confirmed the state’s seventh case of Highly Parthenogenic Avian Influenza. NDA and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the virus on a farm in Knox County with a flock of over 2.1 million laying hens. State Veterinarian Dr. Roger Dudley says the farm has been quarantined and depopulation is underway.  And, the NDA says it’s establishing a 6.2-mile control zone around […]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder closed lower watching corn and waiting for the rest of the week’s direct cash business develop. June live cattle closed $1.22 lower at $135.02 and August live cattle closed $1.22 lower at $135.02.  Mya feeder cattle closed $3.37 lower at $157.35 and August feeder cattle close $4.20 at $168.95.  There were just a handful of direct cash cattle trades reported on Wednesday.  […]

The cattle industry continues to wait for the results of a Department of Justice investigation examining anticompetitive behavior among meatpackers.  House Ag Committee Chairman David Scott took the opportunity to question the heads of the four largest meatpacking companies during the Committee’s hearing on Wednesday.  “Is there, or was there, ever an agreement between your four companies to cooperate together on issues impacting supply or pricing,” he asked.  And under […]

USDA’s 2021 annual dairy product report shows how production has shifted with more foodservice demand following the start of the pandemic. Total cheese production totaled more than 13 billion pounds, up 3.5 percent from 2020 with Wisconsin production accounting for more than a quarter of it. Italian cheese and American cheese both made up slightly more than 40 percent of the production mix each. Butter production totaled more than 2 […]

Supporters of year-round E15 are waiting for the Biden administration to make the summertime emergency waiver official. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association director Monte Shaw tells Brownfield it appears EPA will wait until closer to June 1st to finalize a rule allowing E15 sales this summer. “I would like to see it out now because some of the terminals need to know what’s going on so they can continue to send […]

May corn closed at $8.15 and 1/2, up 12 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.26 and 1/2, up 21 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $451.00, up $6.20May soybean oil closed at 87.80, up 251 pointsMay wheat closed at $10.80, down 3 and 1/4 centsApr. live cattle closed at $138.50, down $1.50June lean hogs closed at $110.35, down 82 centsMay Class III milk closed at $24.31, down 39 […]

Planters are rolling in the southwest corner of Iowa. Jeff Jorgenson of Sidney says it’s a little wet. “But planting has been pretty smooth. We’re right on the edge of drought really in Nebraska, and honestly comes across the south side of us in Missouri, so we’re right close to it. But we have enough moisture for sure at the moment.” He tells Brownfield planting progress took off after April […]