Animal ag helping meet UN’s sustainable goals

A new report finds animal agriculture contributes to all 17 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Hannah Thompson Weeman with the Animal Agriculture Alliance tells Brownfield, “Things like zero hunger, things like positively contributing to communities, providing work opportunities, of course contributing to the environment, healthy oceans—the animal agriculture community has a very positive…Continue Reading

Concerns about pesticide regulation in 2025

The president and CEO of CropLife America is concerned about the effects of EPA’s pesticide regulation in 2025. Alexandra Dunn says the Endangered Species Act will have an impact on the next growing season. “As new active ingredients are registered, those labels will have requirements on them,” she says. “Now, how many new active ingredients are…Continue Reading

Corn fungicide paid in 2024

Corn farmers are reflecting on what worked and what didn’t during the growing season.  Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Ron Geis says a wet spring impacted corn throughout the growing season, and disease management was critical. “If there were a couple things that really paid this year, it was either stabilizing nitrogen or applying late…Continue Reading

Less Downtime, More Protection

Many growers are seeing the benefits of adding a nitrogen stabilizer to their fertilizer applications, but some leading nitrogen stabilizers have a reputation for being hard on equipment. On this episode of the Nitrogen Corner, an agronomy expert discusses some issues to watch out for. The post Less Downtime, More Protection appeared first on Brownfield…Continue Reading

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