Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.5550.  Two sales were recorded at $0.5550 and $0.5575.  Forty-pound cheese blocks remained unchanged at $1.92. One sale was recorded at $1.9250.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0125 at $1.8175.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8025 to…… Continue Reading

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 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

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