A wheat educator says winter wheat this fall is potentially setting up farmers for a solid 2025. Dennis Pennington is with Michigan State University Extension. “If you’re late planting, there’s no amount of management that you can ever do that will make up for the lost yield that you will experience just simply from planting…… Continue Reading

A network of agricultural communities is linking up to deliver much-needed resources to farm families impacted by Hurricane Helene. Matt Schaller, president of the Michigan-based nonprofit Ag Community Relief, tells Brownfield they’ve partnered with North Carolina State University Extension and Tennessee Cattlemen’s Association. “The road system down there has been so devastated that we can’t…… Continue Reading

Researchers at Kansas State University have determined a cause and potential solution for greenhouse gas emissions from silage. Jeongdae Im, an associate professor of civil engineering, says his team tested simulated silage from corn, alfalfa and sorghum and monitored emissions over a four-week period. “A group of bacteria called the denitrifiers are responsible for nitrous…… Continue Reading