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A water quality researcher says farmers reducing fertilizer applications this year could create positive outcomes for the Western Lake Erie Basin for several years. Laura Johnson is the director of the National Center for Water Quality Research at Heidelberg University in northeast Ohio. “If these fertilizer prices stay high and we see rates start to go down maybe even lower than what is recommended because you’re doing what you can […]

It’s taken 12 years to bring one of the richest potash mines in the U.S. online after being shuttered in the late ‘80s.  But, the Michigan project still could be three years away from completion. Ward Forquer with the Michigan Potash & Salt Company tells Brownfield having a domestic fertilizer supply can’t come soon enough. “We won’t have to worry about the reliance so much from foreign entities,” he says. […]

Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange continued lower at midweek picking up the overall negative tone of grain markets. March Class III milk was up a penny at $22.38. April 53 cents lower at $22.88. May down 54 cents at $23.33. June 39 cents lower at $23.70. July through September 23 to 31 cents lower. Dry whey up $0.0025 at $0.76. One sale was made at that price. Blocks […]

Soybeans closed lower. May bean closed nine and 1/2 cents lower at $16.49 and 1/4, and July beans closed nine and 3/4 cents lower at $16.26. It was an up and down day for the complex with mixed movement for most of the day until everything closed some degree of down. The Fed raised short-term interest rates for the first time since 2018. Mixed news from China led to early […]

An ag economist says incorporating climate-smart practices into farm policy is complicated and producers are asking for clarity.  Joe Outlaw with Texas A&M’s Agriculture and Food Policy Center says those programs should be left out of the safety net in the next farm bill. “Not to premiums, not to participation or indemnities. Farmers we work with are worried about the long run implications for crop insurance of tying climate-smart provisions […]

The current biodiesel tax incentive for B10 and higher blends in Illinois is set to expire next year, but farmer members of the Illinois Soybean Association are working to renew and increase it. Vice Chairman Ron Kindred of Atlanta tells Brownfield they are trying to be proactive. “We are wanting to ramp that up to a B20 blend or higher to qualify for that incentive to tray and push higher […]

The 2022 Indiana legislative session ended last week, and Indiana Farm Bureau is celebrating some successes.    INFB President Randy Kron says members helped advocate for the agriculture industry throughout the session.   “I’m excited that members were able to be back in the statehouse and have face-to-face discussions with the legislators,” he says. “…That’s the grassroots flexing its muscle and doing a great job in making sure agriculture is […]

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March is National Caffeine Awareness Month. Megan Meyer, science communications specialist with the International Food Information Council, discusses some of the benefits of caffeine as well as safe levels of caffeine consumption. Healthy Living: Click here or here for more information about the council and its caffeine resources. ...