Conditions are right for rapid drought development

The associate director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center says rapid onset drought is possible across several states in the next couple of weeks. Melanie Widhalm says that can cause problems during harvest. “It will help you get into the fields. It will help your crop dry down in time, but you do want to…… Continue Reading

Ethanol production, supply down on week

Ethanol production, supply down on week

U.S. ethanol production dropped last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production was the lowest since late June at an average of 1.061 million barrels per day, a decrease of 10,000 on the week, but an increase of 49,000 on the year. That week-to-week decline can be tied to firmer cash grain prices in…… Continue Reading

Consumers predict food inflation to get lower

An ag economist at Purdue University says consumer estimates for food price inflation declined in the latest Consumer Food Insights Report. Joseph Balagtas with Purdue’s Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability says this is the lowest level since early 2022. “From July 2024, food prices were rising at 2.2% per year compared to a…… Continue Reading

USDA’s Bonnie concerned about solar farms

A USDA official is concerned solar installations will take productive farmland out of production. Undersecretary for farm production and conservation Robert Bonnie tells Brownfield. “I hear it everywhere I go, and I worry about bringing prime agricultural land out of production. Of course we all know we need renewable energy (and) solar is an important…… Continue Reading

Minnesota farmer combats crop diseases

Many corn and soybean farmers faced significant disease pressure this season. Rob Tate farms near Cannon Falls in southeast Minnesota and says conditions suited plant pathogens. “We decided to spray a little more fungicide than maybe what we would’ve planned to do originally, generally I always try to spray any of my corn-on-corn fields with…… Continue Reading

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