Farmers for Free Trade initiative advocates for additional market opportunities

The ag industry continues to advocate for additional market access for its products. Farmers for Free Trade Executive Director Brian Kuehl says it’s critical that U.S. producers have opportunities in other countries. “Ninety-five of the world’s consumers live outside of the United States. Twenty-five percent of American farm revenue comes from exports. If we’re not…… Continue Reading

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

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