Michigan local food grants for schools significantly reduced

Michigan students are again receiving free school breakfast and lunch this school year but incentives to support local food purchases have been cut in half. Wendy Crowley, Farm to Program Consultant for the Michigan Department of Education, oversees the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids and Farms program and tells Brownfield it’s a cut…… Continue Reading

The Road to Plant 2025 Starts Now

An AgriGold agronomist says getting a jump-start on planning for next growing season will set up farmers for success. Jacob Gehrls says soil testing can make a big difference. “Soil fertility is probably the biggest yield impact that we have, understanding exactly what each field needs to bring it to that top end yield potential is…… Continue Reading

ADM pauses CO2 injections after finding potential leak

One of the longest operating carbon sequestration projects in the country has paused its operations.                 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) confirmed in a statement to Brownfield the company has temporarily stopped CO2 injections at its Decatur, Illinois, site “as a proactive measure” after detecting a suspected leak in one of its two monitoring wells.    In…… Continue Reading

Managing financial stress in low economic times

Managing financial stress in low economic times. In this episode of Managing for Profit, regional vice president at FarmCredit MidAmerica Brock Burcham gives farmers tips to help prepare for a rougher economic cycle. The post Managing financial stress in low economic times appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     … Continue Reading

Dry beans offer profitability amid low commodity prices

The Michigan Bean Commission Executive Director says solid prices heading into harvest have been beneficial to dry bean growers. Joe Cramer tells Brownfield, “Mexico’s drought gave us an opportunity to move a lot of product into that export world, and so our values came into this harvest is pretty strong values,” he explains. “Our contract…… Continue Reading

Beck’s acquires Nebraska site to enhance plant breeding and research

Beck’s has acquired a research facility in Nebraska to further enhance its plant breeding program. President Scott Beck tells Brownfield… “Our company’s been expanding to the west for a number of years now and we recently built a distribution site there at Goehner. So this will give us additional facilities and additional storage and additional…… Continue Reading

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