Farm bankruptcies on the rise

The director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says farm bankruptcies are on the rise. During a recent Soils for Success webinar, Paul Mitchell says 2024 marked the first increase in defaults since 2019. “The first upswing in a long time.”  He says, “We’re up 55% from ‘23. We’re still low…Continue Reading

Navigating Crop Inputs to Farmers

In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear how crop inputs move throughout the supply chain. Vice President of Crop Nutrients Kreg Ruhl with Growmark shares how important waterways are for farmers to get the products they need. The post Navigating Crop Inputs to Farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

Powering the State. Empowering Ag.

Nebraska Public Power District Director of Wholesale Sales and Services Chad Podolak says NPPD provides a reliable and diverse energy generation resource mix that benefits the state’s farmers and ethanol industry. He tells Brownfield that NPPD continues to work with state ag entities to explore potential carbon sequestration.  The post Powering the State. Empowering Ag. appeared…Continue Reading

KXEO Sports Report 4/22/2025

KXEO Sports Report 4/22/2025

In high school baseball on 4/21/2025,  Southern Boone bested Russellville 6-2. Eugene shutout Richland 10-0 in six innings. Glasgow falls to Tipton 7-2. Centralia blanked Sturgeon 2-0. Fayette over Stover […]Continue Reading

Biological crop products leave growers, retailers with many questions

Biological crop protection products are projected to be a two-billion dollar business in the next five years, but there are a lot of questions from farmers and retailers alike.  Leah Anderson is President of WinField United, and she will update us on biologicals and product testing on today’s Managing for Profit. The post Biological crop…Continue Reading

Planters keep rolling in Missouri

Corn planting has picked up, with 33% of Missouri’s corn in the ground compared to just 9% a week ago.  Six percent of the corn has emerged, which is about 2% ahead of average. Fifteen percent of Missouri’s soybeans are planted.  That’s far ahead of the 6% five-year average, and 10% ahead of last week.…Continue Reading

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