It will be at least another two weeks before Thumb-area farmer Dennis Gardner is able to do any fieldwork. “We’re a little bit heavy soils so it’s definitely wet here,” he shares. The Yale farmer tells Brownfield this is the week he prefers to start to planting sugarbeets but that’s not the case this year with still more rain in the forecast. “I think the majority of the beets are […]
An ag economist says global harvested acreage has been trending higher since 2020’s better prices. David Widmar with Ag Economic Insights tells Brownfield the world has added about an extra 70 million acres into production for 13 primary crops in just two years. “That’s a significant upturn,” he says. “The last two big expansions we had were during the 1970s and from the mid-2000s to about 2014.” For perspective, he […]
The CEOs of the four major US meatpackers have agreed to participate in an upcoming House Agriculture Committee hearing on cattle markets. Chairman David Scott says it is very important to hear the perspectives of the CEOs of Cargill, Tyson Foods, JBS, and National Beef Packing to understand the full picture of why prices have gone up for consumers and down for farmers and ranchers. The hearing will take place […]
Larry Lee will cover the University of Wisconsin River Falls Ag Day Tuesday, April 19, 2022 in River Falls. ...
Corn was the bright spot in the latest Export Sales report from the USDA. Net sales of more than 1.2 metric tons (MT) were up 70% from the previous week and up 26% from the prior 4-week average. Increases were primarily for China. Rice was also up noticeably from the previous week and up 33% from the prior 4-week average. Beef export sales for the week were up 23% from […]
USDA’s Foreign Ag Service is reporting a sale of soybeans to China. The sale of 132,000 metric tons is marked for delivery for the current marketing year. This is the first sale of soybeans in a little over a week. The USDA’s next set of supply and demand numbers comes out May 12th. ...
Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has signed a bill allocating $60 million for a rural healthcare complex that would benefit farmers and ranchers. University of Nebraska System President Ted Carter tells Brownfield the facility, located on the Kearney campus, will help bridge the rural healthcare gap. “What it will do is produce doctors, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists and even mental health specialists for our rural counties of which, today, there 14 […]
The nation’s largest agricultural cooperative is bracing for long-term impacts caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. CHS president Jay Debertin says global fertilizer production will be limited for at least the duration of the war. “Most places are in pretty good shape for fertilizer coming into spring. But the question is going to be what role does Russia have for fertilizer supply going forward? And I think it’s very […]
A farm real estate expert says high commodity prices and better yields last fall has created a sellers’ market for farmland. Randy Dickhut with Farmers National Company says the competitive market has led to record demand for farmland in the last six months. “Land prices started to take off and with those higher land prices the more people, mainly non-operating landowners, decided to sell.” He tells Brownfield the dollar value of […]
