Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Farm Tour The post Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Farm Tours appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. … Continue Reading
High-Blend Biodiesel Ribbon Cutting Celebration
Brownfield’s Brent Barnett covers the High-Blend Biodiesel Ribbon Cutting Celebration The post High-Blend Biodiesel Ribbon Cutting Celebration appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. … Continue Reading
A lost month
A southern Illinois agronomist says many farmers in his region have lost a month of the growing season. “The last time that I ran a tractor across the field was April 28th doing some burn down on cover crops.” John Pike, who farms in Williamson County and operates Pike Ag LLC, says near constant cool,…… Continue Reading
Whitney joins Brownfield Ag News as summer intern
Brownfield Ag News is pleased to announce the addition of Colton Whitney as its summer broadcast intern. Based in Jefferson City, Missouri, Whitney will collaborate with the team to produce compelling content for Brownfield’s radio network and multimedia platforms “Colton’s passion for agriculture and dedication to sharpening his journalism skills make him an outstanding addition…… Continue Reading
Different weather patterns affecting early crop development across Corn Belt
A mix of weather patterns across the US Corn Belt is impacting planting progress and early crop development. Climatologist Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says drought conditions have improved in many parts of the Western Corn Belt. “Pivots were going on planted fields just to get some moisture into those seeds so…… Continue Reading
How to manage wheat disease risk
Indiana wheat growers are monitoring wheat disease risk. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension’s Darcy Telenko identifies what diseases cause the most damage to the plant and what farmers should do to proavtively manage risk. The post How to manage wheat disease risk appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. … Continue Reading
Missouri rice conditions improve, corn conditions dip slightly
Below normal temperatures and above average precipitation delayed some fieldwork across Missouri in the last week. USDA says corn planting is getting closer to wrapping up, now at 94 percent complete, ahead of average. Emergence is 78 percent complete with conditions dipping slightly from the previous week at 76 percent good to excellent. Soybean planting…… Continue Reading
Rain keeps Arkansas farmers sidelined much of the week
Scattered rains kept Arkansas farmers out of the fields for about half of last week. The rains left farmers with just 2.3 days suitable for fieldwork but brought soil and subsoil moisture levels up. Fifty-four percent of the topsoil and 48 percent of the subsoil now has excess moisture. Forty-three percent of topsoil and fifty…… Continue Reading
Rains give a boost to South Dakota’s wheat
South Dakota’s wheat crop has benefitted from the recent rains. USDA says spring wheat conditions rated 55 percent good to excellent, an increase of 18 percentage points from the previous week. Ninety-two percent of the crop has emerged. Winter wheat conditions improved five-percentage points, now rated 28 percent good to excellent. Soybean planting is 79…… Continue Reading
Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted, haying started.
Most of Wisconsin’s crops are planted. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says 85% of the corn is planted with 52% of the crop already emerged. That’s three days ahead of last year and two days ahead of the five-year average. Sixty-two percent of the corn is rated good to excellent. Eighty percent of Wisconsin’s soybeans…… Continue Reading
