The Nebraska Farm Bureau president says the next Make America Healthy Again Commission report could include a more balanced view of crop protection tools. Mark McHargue says state farm bureau leaders recently met with some of the MAHA Commission members – including one of the authors of the first report. “We encouraged him to…… Continue Reading
Grassley says USDA nominees should get confirmed, eventually
A member of the Senate Ag Committee says appointments of key USDA officials are being impacted by ongoing confirmation delays. Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa says five nominees advanced out of committee on Monday with a wide margin of support. “They’ll get through the Senate if we ever get them up.” Grassley says the nominees…… Continue Reading
Celebrating More Than 30 Years of Collaborative Research
In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear from Michigan Soybean Committee Research Director Mark Seamon as we discuss how the North Central Soybean Research Program is a regional effort supporting soybean research needs of 13 state partners. The post Celebrating More Than 30 Years of Collaborative Research appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. … Continue Reading
Trade concerns highlight rural Mainstreet report
An ag economist says he’s concerned about continued tariff threats from the Trump administration. Ernie Goss with Creighton University says the July Rural Mainstreet Index, a monthly survey of rural bank CEOs, revealed bankers expect higher tariffs to lower farm income. “Four out of 10 said these tariffs have negative effects on the rural Mainstreet…… Continue Reading
Exports helped the corn market…until last week
Commodity prices have been very low, and for some producers, lower than the cost of production. So far this year, export sales have been the bright spot… but even exports took a hit last week. Bryan Doherty from Total Farm Marketing has an update on what’s happening with the corn market. The post Exports helped…… Continue Reading
Looking for signs of growth in the cattle herd
The cattle industry continues to look for signs of herd expansion. But will this week’s reports from the USDA provide any answers? University of Kentucky livestock economist Kenny Burdine says this month’s Cattle on Feed report will include the percentage of heifers on feed, a figure he continues to monitor. “That’s been trending down for…… Continue Reading
SW Minnesota farmer deals with strong winds, frost, and hail
A southwest Minnesota farmer says his crops are bouncing back after several shots from the weather. Bob Worth grows corn and soybeans in Lincoln County and tells Brownfield planting finished in record time this spring. “The crop came up pretty fast, and then the winds started blowing. We were having 50 mile-an-hour sustained winds, and…… Continue Reading
Look beyond tar spot when scouting corn
A plant pathologist says farmers should be scouting for corn diseases in addition to tar spot as the weather shifts this week. Mandy Bish with University of Missouri Extension says gray leaf spot likes the warm and wet conditions. “Gray leaf spot has grayish to brown lesions and they form rectangles in-between the leaf veins.”…… Continue Reading
Corn development varies across northern Iowa
Crop development varies across northern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension field agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says corn is in a lot of different stages. “We still have some really late vegetative stage corn, we have VT corn, we have R1 corn, we have R2 corn, and we have some corn that’s obviously pushing R3 if it’s…… Continue Reading
Fungicide preparations underway in Michigan
A southern Michigan farmer says the next month will be critical for row crop development. Hillsdale County’s Scott Weldon tells Brownfield plant health has been good so far. “As a whole, even some of the later planted corn it looks good,” he shares. “It is shorter, but the color and the consistency of it, there’s…… Continue Reading
