The USDA says one of their African Swine Fever vaccine candidates has passed an important safety test. The potential vaccine has passed the “reversion to virulence” test, ensuring the weakened form of the ASF virus used in the vaccine does not revert to its original state. Agricultural Research Service scientist Manuel Borca says that’s a critical milestone, and that these safety studies bring the vaccine one step closer to being […]
A pair Western Corn Belt farmers say they’re left with few solutions to start the growing season after extreme winds and wildfires destroyed cropland. South Central Nebraska farmer Tim Rowe tells Brownfield his priority is to irrigate and not disturb the soil. “We’ve got to get this wind stop somehow to let any type of vegetation start whatsoever and then we can continue to go on from there,” he says. […]
In an already challenging spring season, farmers might be facing higher fuel prices as an added stressor. Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council’s chairman Kyle Durham says that the use of renewable, soy-based biofuels can help alleviate these issues. Durham also says that biofuels are a continued investment in farmers’ success and build domestic energy infrastructure. Learn more at mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean growers and their checkoff. ...
Multiple wildfires have burned more than 130,000 acres of agricultural land in a pair of Western Corn Belt states. “It’s going to be very difficult to raise a crop where this fire touched for the next several years.” Southwest Nebraska farmer Jan TenBensel says one started in Kansas and moved north into Nebraska Friday night burning about 130,000 acres – including 2,000 acres of his property. “I’ve lost a little […]
Brownfield’s Cyndi Young receives her Honorary State FFA Degree at Missouri FFA’s Convention along with Missouri Department of Agriculture director Chris Chinn. Congratulations to both women. ...
A South Dakota farmer says it’s dry, but they’re planting small grains. Mike Cronin’s family farms near Gettysburg in central South Dakota. He says his son wrapped up planting small grains Thursday. “We’ve got, I don’t know, probably 18-hundred acres of spring wheat in and then he was going to plant about 400 acres of oats.” Cronin says there is some hope for rain in the forecast. “It looks like […]
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed on position squaring ahead of Friday’s On Feed numbers from the USDA. The report, overall, looks bearish. June live cattle closed $1.47 lower at $138.42 and August live cattle closed $1.20 lower at $140.37. May feeder cattle closed $.97 lower at $163.87 and August feeder cattle closed $.45 higher at $176.90. It was a quiet Friday for direct cash […]
With more unfilled jobs than available workers, employers in the ag sector are taking their recruiting on-campus. Mariah Giraud Mariah Giraud is an employment specialist with Synergy Cooperative in northwestern Wisconsin. She tells Brownfield students can finish the semester and go into sales, driving, or a number of other opportunities. “We’re always a little short on staff, especially seasonal positions. That’s always harder to fill, getting somebody to come out and […]
