Temps to vary across the Heartland; a seasonally wet pattern for most

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook for calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country.  Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to a small area of the nation’s mid-section, encompassing portions of the central and southern Plains, mid-South, and Midwest. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to…… Continue Reading

Gov. Kehoe Amends Special Session

Governor Mike Kehoe amended his call yesterday to convene the One Hundred Third General Assembly in Special session, with a call for additional legislation to provide funding for disaster relief, […]… Continue Reading

Gov. Kehoe amends special session

Governor Mike Kehoe amended his call yesterday to convene the One Hundred Third General Assembly in Special session, with a call for additional legislation to provide funding for disaster relief, […]… Continue Reading

Weather becomes greater factor in markets

U.S. weather will start to have a greater impact on commodity prices. Arlan Suderman with StoneX Group says it wouldn’t take much of a decline in the national average yield to require some rationing of demand for prices. Hear more in this week’s Managing for Profit. The post Weather becomes greater factor in markets appeared…… Continue Reading

Technology gives farmers real-time forage data at harvest time

New harvester technology is helping dairy and livestock operators precisely manage feed.  Bergen Nelson is John Deere’s market manager for combines and self-propelled forage harvesters.  He tells Brownfield their new F8 and F9 choppers have many technological advancements, with one of them being a sensor on the discharge chute. “And that sensor can measure moisture,…… Continue Reading

Tillamook ice cream heads east

An Oregon-based, farmer-owned, dairy cooperative is bringing production of its sweet treats to the Midwest. David Booth, president & CEO of Tillamook County Creamery Association, says a newly remodeled $65 million ice cream manufacturing facility in Decatur, Illinois, is the brand’s first plant outside of Oregon. “We sell to more households in the eastern part…… Continue Reading

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