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
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
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
FMC Technical Services Representative Camille Lambert tells Brownfield with lower commodity prices, farmers need to have the right solutions to keep weeds from coming up. “That’s where FMC really shines,” she says. “We’ve got a great residual chemistry for soybeans to keep pigweeds at bay. We have several Authority brands that work well, along with…… Continue Reading
A small Swiss mountain creamery has won its fourth World Champion Cheese award and third in a row. Michael Spycher makes cheese at Mountain Dairy Fritzenhaus for Gourmino cheese in Bern, Switzerland. His Hornbacher cheese is named for the river that flows by the creamery. It scored 98.98 out of 100 possible points to top…… Continue Reading
The head of UPL North America David Elser says regulatory hurdles can make it challenging to provide new crop production technologies to farmers. “We want to bring new products to the marketplace and when things slowdown in Washington D.C. due to uncertainty, that slows down being able to provide new technology to farmers,” he says.…… Continue Reading
The USDA has raised its 2024 beef, pork, and broiler production projections. Beef is estimated at 26.325 billion pounds, up 140 million from February on expectations for a higher slaughter rate the rest of the year, with an average steer price of $183 per hundredweight, $3 higher, increased imports and consumption and steady exports. Pork…… Continue Reading
Missouri farmers say some soil moisture has been replenished this winter, but dry conditions linger and any additional rains are welcome. Northeast Missouri farmer Matt Wright says “we had several different snow events and at one point, we came close to 15 inches (of snow) and I thought that would help us out a lot,…… Continue Reading
The Kansas Livestock Association says President Biden needs to extend permits to long-term migrant workers to address the labor crisis. CEO Matt Teagarden says the livestock industry is suffering from shortages. “Many ag-related jobs in our state are unfilled. When farmers and ranchers don’t have workers to help care for their livestock or harvest their…… Continue Reading
The USDA has lowered its outlook for Brazil’s soybean crop slightly. The crop is now seen at 155 million tons, 1 million less than in February, towards the high end of pre-report estimates, and considerably larger than most private projections, with CONAB’s update out on the 12th. This guess was calculated before Brazil’s ongoing soybean…… Continue Reading
