Cash dairy market mixed at end of week

Cash dairy prices were mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.6025, where it’s been for much of the week.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.02 at $1.90.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0050 at $1.87.  Two sales were recorded at $1.87 and…Continue Reading

Plenty of pumpkins from the nation’s top producer

A University of Illinois Extension educator says it was a good growing season for the nation’s top pumpkin producing state. Nathan Johanning tells Brownfield… “Both types of pumpkins are very prevalent, although we raise at least 80%, if not more, of the processing pumpkin.”  He says, “So, if you open a can of pumpkins this…Continue Reading

FFA SAEs preparing members for their future careers

Photo courtesy of the National FFA Organization. An FFA program is setting up students for career success.  Supervised Agricultural Experiences are projects that help students to apply their classroom learning to real-world scenarios. Gracie Sprague, a member of the Genoa-Penta FFA Chapter in Ohio,  was recognized for her SAE in Ag Sales- Entrepreneurship. “I think SAEs…Continue Reading

Alternative crop protection strategies for specialty crop growers

Helping growers identify alternative crop protection strategies. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Ariana Torres, a Purdue University ag economist says the HortCalculator is a first of its kind research tool. The post Alternative crop protection strategies for specialty crop growers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

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