Ag producers across the Midwest are returning to the field for the spring planting season. Nebraska Public Power District and its wholesale power customers are asking equipment operators to look up and look out for power lines. Trevor Roth, operations program manager for energy delivery at Nebraska Public Power District, tells Brownfield that power lines located…… Continue Reading

Grace Link from Bosben Road Beef Company near Deerfield Wisconsin was a presenter at the Wisconsin Beef Council’s Direct Marketing Workshop.  Direct marketing is a business model that has helped many farms grow their own customer base and become more profitable, but like all businesses, there is a right and wrong way to get started…… Continue Reading

The leader of a crop inputs business says farmers are planning to plant more corn this spring.  Leah Anderson is Senior Vice President of Land O Lakes, and President of their WinField United crops division.  She tells Brownfield the economic fundamentals just push growers in that direction, but the timing of those decisions is different…… Continue Reading

Western Kentucky farmer Davie Stephens says they’re just starting to get back into the field after receiving nearly 15 inches of rain recently. “But not with any ag equipment,” he says.  “But with backhoes and dozers.  We’ve had levees breech and we’re having to do a lot of repair to the land and pushing sand…… Continue Reading