Across the Corn Belt, widespread showers are slowing or halting corn and soybean planting efforts, especially in the Great Lakes States. In fact, nearly all areas of the Midwest have received substantial rain over the last week, greatly easing any lingering drought concerns but increasingly limiting opportunities for fieldwork. On April 27, soybean planting was…… Continue Reading
Briownfield Ag Weather Today
Additional showers and thunderstorms in Oklahoma and environs could aggravate flooding in areas already experiencing elevated river levels. However, dry weather will briefly return across the southern Plains by week’s end, as showers and thunderstorms shift farther to the south and east. The new focus for heavy rain may become the eastern U.S., starting during…… Continue Reading
Will ‘Ransom Canyon’ Get a Season 2? Show’s Creator Speaks Out
Fans are already clamoring for another season. Continue reading…… Continue Reading
‘Dallas’ Star Priscilla Pointer Dead at 100
Her co-star called her “my favorite TV mama.” Continue reading…… Continue Reading
Live cattle, hog futures mixed heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, feeders were lower, watching the rest of the week’s direct business develop. June live cattle closed $1.25 higher at $209.65 and August live cattle closed $.60 higher at $204.65. August feeder cattle closed $.57 lower at $294.45 and September feeder cattle closed $.95 higher at $292.85. …… Continue Reading
Special pesticide label granted for red sunflower weevil in South Dakota
Sunflower growers in South Dakota can use Malathion to control red sunflower weevils this year. Tom Gere with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources says the U.S. EPA has granted a special 24c label for the state. “Malathion used to be labeled for sunflowers a number of years ago and there’s still…… Continue Reading
Minnesota farmer seeks “peace of mind” with new farm bill
Some farmers might be running short on patience as Congress continues work on a new farm bill. Southwest Minnesota corn and soybean grower Bryan Biegler says he’s frustrated it’s taking so long. “Talk about trying to something done there for quite some time, they keep talking about it (and) hopefully they can get something figured…… Continue Reading
Funding increases expected for Michigan Ag & Natural Resources Departments
Michigan lawmakers have approved funding increases that could offset federal funding cuts at the USDA. State Senator Sam Singh says conservation districts need to be supported. “The cuts that we’re seeing at the federal level from USDA that will no longer be coming down to our conservation districts, I think is unfortunate that that kind…… Continue Reading
Rollins says MAHA focused on increasing access to healthy food
The Secretary of Agriculture says farmers are part of the solution as the Make America Healthy Again Commission is focused on increasing access to healthy foods. Brooke Rollins says the U.S. is currently facing a health crisis. “3 or 4 out of 5 kids are either diabetic or pre-diabetic,” she says. “We are doing everything…… Continue Reading
New Producer Economic Security Act re-introduced
A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says re-introduced bi-partisan legislation would offer a solution to farmland access for beginning farmers. Illinois Democrat Nikki Budzinski says the New Producer Economic Security Act authorizes a new pilot program through the USDA. “That’s one of the bigger obstacles we know for folks trying to get into…… Continue Reading
