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An automobile expert says ethanol-based fuel is the quickest way to reduce emissions and create cleaner air. Marc Rauch is Executive Vice President of The Auto Channel, the largest independent automotive information resource. He tells Brownfield electric vehicles are the future, but they won’t be the primary vehicle on the roads for a long time. “We are gong to have to continue to rely on internal combustion engines, and if […]

Photo provided by: Kajuanis Knighten American Farmland Trust is awarding $1 million to help growers improve farm viability; access, transfer, or protect farmland; or adopt regenerative ag practices. Ashely Brucker, agriculture conservation innovation initiative program manager with American Farmland Trust, says grants provided through the Brighter Future Fund will help improve the lives of farmers. “Protecting farmland doesn’t stop at signing on the dotted line to ensure the land is […]

New data from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers shows tractor and combine sales declined in March for the first time since July 2021. Senior Vice President Curt Blades tells Brownfield total US tractor sales fell 21% and combine sales fell 10% from March of last year. “We are still well above the five-year average, but we are comparing against numbers that were very high at this time last year.” He […]

Most Wisconsin farmers are waiting for warmer and dryer weather to get into the fields. One farmer in the northern third of the state says there’s no chance of him getting any fieldwork done right now. Ben Augustine says, “Yup, still got frost yet.” Augustine grows crops and milks cows near Sheldon in Rusk County.  He tells Brownfield his soils are cold and wet and over a clay base, so […]

Finding land has been the largest hurdle for a small meat processor.  Damian Rivera currently works as a custom meat processor, traveling to farms to slaughter animals on site.  For the past eight years, he and his wife Rosemary have been planning to establish a USDA-inspected slaughterhouse and processing facility in southeast Michigan. “My customers—they’re very pleased but they also wanted me to be able to do a USDA facility […]

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Meghan Grebner will be in Indianapolis for the Indiana State Fair Ham Breakfast July 29, 2022. ...

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Meghan Grebner will be in Columbus August 7, 2022 for the Ohio State Fair Sale of Champions. ...

Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Megan Grebner will be on the ground in Reno, Nevada July 24 to July 28, 2022 for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Summer Meeting. ...

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has renewed its call for the suspension of Brazilian beef imports. Ethan Lane, Vice President of Government Affairs with NCBA, says the USDA needs to take steps to safeguard the integrity of the entire US food supply chain.  “We were really frustrated by Secretary Vilsack’s response the last time around,” he says.  “He basically blew us off and said that we didn’t know what we […]