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Wyffels Hybrids completes new QA lab
Illinois-based Wyffels Hybrids has completed its new quality assurance (QA) lab in Atkinson. Jacob Wyffels, vice president of production, tells Brownfield the new facility allows for added modernization and research opportunities. He the new QA lab will allow for three times the amount of testing and supports the company’s ongoing expansion into Iowa. It will…… Continue Reading
POTUS misses call for farm bill in SOTU
Some ag groups are disappointed that President Biden failed to mention the farm bill in his recent State of the Union Address. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield the President provided very little detail on his energy or agriculture policies. “We were hoping farm bill would be included in that list of legislation…… Continue Reading
Climatologist discusses Missouri, Mississippi River levels
A weather expert says water levels along the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers are in decent shape heading into planting season. Justin Glisan, state climatologist for the Iowa Department of Agriculture, says, “With this more active storm track, especially in the Lower Missouri Basin, we could see increases in river levels.” But he tells Brownfield he’s…… Continue Reading
CME milk & cash dairy prices mixed Friday
Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. March Class III milk was down $0.02 at $16.57. April was up $0.17 at $16.08. May was up $0.10 at $16.48. June was up $0.08 at $17.20. July through January contracts ranged from ten cents lower in January to eight cents…… Continue Reading
Wisconsin dairy CAFO group appeals pollution permit case
The Wisconsin Dairy Alliance has filed an appeal in its case against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources concerning pollutant discharge elimination system permits. The original lawsuit on behalf of Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative claimed the DNR lacked authority to force farms to have permits under the state’s water quality laws. Calumet…… Continue Reading
U.S. wheat ending stocks up, corn and soybeans hold
March’s USDA supply and demand update was fairly quiet for U.S. corn, soybeans, and wheat. U.S. wheat ending stocks were up from February on the dismal export demand, while corn and soybean ending stocks were unchanged. The USDA also trimmed the average estimated 2023/24 farm prices for corn and wheat, but left soybeans steady. The…… Continue Reading
Biologicals can be a smart investment in a tight margin year
As farmers manage inputs in a tight margin year, FMC Regional Technical Manager in the Heartland Gail Stratman says biologicals can be a smart investment that takes yield potential to the next level. “FMC has products like Ethos-Elite this year. It combines an insecticide with a dual-strain biological to bring insect and disease control and…… Continue Reading
Pork industry outlines traceability plan
The nation’s pork industry is another step closer to an enhanced swine traceability system. Scott Hays, a Missouri producer, and immediate past president of the National Pork Producers Council tells Brownfield NPPC has spent nearly two years developing a program that would expedite a response to an animal disease outbreak… “We need to know where…… Continue Reading
U.S. cotton, rice ending stocks down modestly
The USDA tightened the domestic balance sheets for cotton and rice just a little bit. U.S. rice ending stocks are pegged at 41.5 million hundredweight, 1 million below February on a higher export estimate, now at 88 million tons. The average 2023/24 farm price is estimated at $18.80 per hundredweight, compared to $18.40 a month…… Continue Reading
