Corn demand concerns

The chief market strategist with Zaner Ag Hedge says he’ll be closely watching corn demand numbers in the USDA’s next supply and demand report. Ted Seifried tells Brownfield, “The USDA upped production by a whole lot by adding acres and by adding yield, but they also added 545 million bushels in demand total.”  He says,…… Continue Reading

Harvest is ramping up in some of the primary sugarbeet growing regions of the U.S. Andy Finkral with ACH Seeds covers Michigan, Minnesota, and western Nebraska. “A lot of the markets have started some preharvest activities, probably all of them now have started this week. Some started as early as a couple of weeks ago…… Continue Reading

Some changes, some familiarity for Wisconsin Soybean program

The Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board has a new marketing and communications partner who is familiar with the board’s goals. Doug Monson tells Brownfield he worked with the Wisconsin group while at Ag Management Solutions, but he left to join Forward Minded Media. “They asked me to come on board and create an ag department, which meant…… Continue Reading

New soybean trait to allow same herbicide program in corn and soybeans

The head of soybean portfolio strategy with Syngenta says farmers will soon have a new tool to battle herbicide-resistant weeds. Jared Benson says the company has partnered with M.S. Technologies to introduce a new soybean trait package to the market, providing growers with increased herbicide flexibility. “We’re bringing in some options that we’ve seen to…… Continue Reading

USB Checkoff Chats Interview | Carla Schultz

Carla Schultz is a Director on the United Soybean Board, as well as the Communication & Education Chair. Carla and her family raise soybeans, corn, pigs, beef cattle, alfalfa, black and navy beans, and wheat on their Michigan farm. Learn more as she speaks to Brownfield about investing farmer dollars to increase demand, how the…… Continue Reading

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