New Ohio ag center helps farmers with personalized solutions

Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. A new northeast Ohio ag center is helping producers navigate challenges on the farm.  Jessica Eikleberry is the program manager at the Northeast Ohio Ag Innovation Center. “We can offer one-on-one support and we can help research the regulations,” she says. “We can also look for funding. It’s all about…… Continue Reading

Ag groups watching IL General Assembly

Ag groups say they’re closely watching several legislative proposals in the Illinois General Assembly. Jennifer Tirey, executive director with the Illinois Pork Producers Association, says their members are concerned over potential livestock regulations. “There are several pieces of legislation that dropped the very last day, almost on the 11th hour related to the Livestock Management…… Continue Reading

Recent snow won’t help much, Iowa farmer says

An eastern Iowa farmer says he’s concerned about a lack of soil moisture heading into the growing season. Lance Lillibridge says precipitation deficits are adding up quickly. “We’re just going to have to pray we get moisture in the form of liquid this spring to get recharged. We are incredibly dry.” He tells Brownfield his…… Continue Reading

H-2A reform keeping steam into 2025

An American Farm Bureau board member for the Midwest Region says he’s encouraged to see the organization elevating labor as a top priority. Michigan Farm Bureau President Ben LaCross tells Brownfield specialty crop farmers in his state have relied on the H-2A visa guest worker program for more than a decade, but “The returns that our farmers…… Continue Reading

Additional Attorneys General join John Deere suit

Three more states are suing Deere & Company arguing the company restricts farmers’ ability to repair equipment and unfairly inflates costs. Attorneys General from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona now join the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from Illinois and Minnesota who filed the suit a U.S. District Court in Illinois last month. The FTC…… Continue Reading

Avian influenza found in wild Wisconsin birds

Avian influenza has been found in some wild birds in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources officials confirm finding the H5N1 virus in a wild merganser duck in Milwaukee County.  DNR officials also say there have been reports of around 50 sick ducks along the Lake Michigan shoreline between Milwaukee and the Illinois border.  Since mid-December,…… Continue Reading

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