Commodity prices are driving some farmers to shift to spring wheat in the Upper Midwest. BASF Technical Service Representative Dan Melaas tells Brownfield there’s a large chunk of spring wheat in the region that would not have been planted if not for the Russian-Ukrainian war. “Return on investment is really good there so it makes it a lot easier to make that decision,” he says. Melaas says farmers are still […]
A technical agronomist says crop rotation plans are holding steady so far despite wet and cool conditions in some areas. DEKALB Asgrow’s Jordan Arndell is based in southern Indiana. “Right now for people that have their plans set and were prepared to start planting in early April like we all hoped too, I don’t hear anybody changing the crop that they forecasted for their farm right now,” he says. But, […]
The co-author of legislation that targets shipping backlogs is confident the bill is already making a difference while it waits to be signed into law. The Ocean Shipping Reform Act recently passed the full Senate with unanimous support, and U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar tells Brownfield that sends a strong message. “To tell the Maritime Commission to put out a rule immediately that says (the shippers) have to charge fair rates […]
Showers and a few thunderstorms associated with a cold front will shift eastward across the Appalachians, reaching the Atlantic Seaboard later Tuesday and Tuesday night. In the front’s wake, frost and freezes could threaten temperature-sensitive crops—including blooming fruits and emerged corn—as far south as the middle Mississippi Valley, the Ohio Valley, and the middle Atlantic States. Meanwhile, a new storm system will cross the Northwest before reaching the nation’s […]
Across the Corn Belt, cool, cloudy weather prevails across the Red River Valley and the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, Freeze Warnings were in effect early Tuesday in the southwestern Corn Belt, including much of Iowa and northern Missouri. Among Midwestern States, corn planting progress had reached double digits by April 24 only in Missouri and Nebraska—both with 10% planted. U.S. corn planting, only 7% complete by April 24, is progressing […]
The Senate Agriculture Committee is holding a hearing on the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act today. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley is a co-author and says half the committee co-sponsors the bill, including some Democrats. “Lawmakers have begun to realize that to have a sustainable and affordable meat supply in our country, we need to restore transparency (and) make the marketplace work.” The legislation continues to face opposition, including Republican […]
Collaboration between the leading soybean producing states helps expand agricultural solutions through innovative thinking and programming. In this Voice of Soy, Kirk Merritt, executive director of the Ohio Soybean Council talks about the important roll collaboration plays in the future of the soybean industry. ...
The Senate Ag Committee continues to tackle the lack of competition and price imbalance in the cattle industry. During today’s hearing, Montana Democrat Jon Tester, the only working farmer in the US Senate, told committee members it’s time to fix the problem, “Today’s marketplace is more consolidated than it was in 1921, when this body passed the Packers and Stockyards Act. Rural America is drying up because we can’t get […]
Canada’s equivalent of the USDA says producers plan to increase spring wheat planted area this year. Last year’s spring wheat crop in the Canadian Prairies was hit hard by drought, which also impacted production in the northern U.S. Plains. Soil moisture has improved in parts of that region, but other areas remain dry. Statistics Canada has spring wheat planted area at 17.346 million acres, 7% above a year ago, with […]
