State officials say the suspect in a southwest Iowa bank robbery died by suicide in a farm field. According to an Iowa Department of Public Safety news release, a man walked into the Iowa State Savings Bank in Lenox at about 1:30 Monday afternoon and demanded money. He left on a motorcycle, was chased into […] View Full Story
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a four-point-seven-five million dollar verdict for a northeast Iowa dairy farm. The award was for the operators of the Vagts Dairy in West Union who sued Northern Natural Gas Company claiming stray electrical current from a pipeline corrosion prevention system made their cows sick. In one year they lost […] View Full Story
Arkansas crops benefited from good weather last week. Seventy percent of the corn is silking compared to 56% last week. Nine percent is already in the dough stage and 1% is dented. Seventy-two percent of the corn is in good to excellent condition. Ninety-eight percent of the state’s cotton has emerged, with 53% of it […] The post Arkansas crops benefited from good weather appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Congressional Budget Office has updated its financial estimates for the farm bill over the next decade and University of Missouri’s Pat Westhoff says the changes could affect the new legislation. “If we were to see the farm bill debate lapse into 2025, it could become relevant.” Westhoff, the director of MU’s Food and Ag […] The post Updated CBO score could affect new farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Hot and dry weather is helping Kentucky farmers make significant advancements in wheat harvest. Seventy-three percent of the crop is harvested with 73 percent rated good to excellent. Kentucky’s corn crop is rated 65 percent good to excellent with 97 percent planted, 93 percent emerged, and 9 percent silking. Soybeans are called 63 percent good […] The post Kentucky crops: wheat 73% harvested, soybean conditions hold steady appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The growing season is starting off differently across the Corn Belt. Flooding caused by heavy rains across northern Corn Belt states including Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota in the last week has damaged crops. Minnesota’s Deputy Ag Commissioner Andrea Vaubel tells Brownfield state leaders are still trying to understand the extent of the damage. “We’re […] The post Growing season starting off differently this year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A wheat specialist says Michigan’s harvest could start up to two weeks ahead of normal. Michigan State University Extension’s Dennis Pennington tells Brownfield yield losses from recent hot, humid weather will likely be less for crops past flowering. “The majority of the wheat crop in Michigan when these high temperatures and humidities hit were probably […] The post Michigan wheat harvest expected early appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Heavy rains caused ponding and flooding in southern Minnesota last week. USDA’s latest crop update says surplus soil moisture continues to hinder fieldwork as farmers try to wrap up planting and apply herbicides. Corn emergence is 97 percent, with 65 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition. Soybeans are 97 percent planted, 89 […] The post Heavy rains taking toll on Minnesota farm fields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A farmer in southeast South Dakota says the recent rains have delayed any fieldwork possible in the last week. “Last week, we had anywhere from 9 to 11 inches of rain.” Matt Bainbridge from Davison County tells Brownfield it was awkward timing for rain. “A lot of spraying needed to be done this week and […] The post SD crop conditions decline following heavy rains, flooding appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa’s Ag Secretary says farmers in the northwest part of the state are experiencing historic flooding not seen since 1993. Mike Naig says while the forecast is showing a reprieve from additional rainfall, those downstream need to be prepared as water heads south. In comments regarding the latest weekly crop report from USDA, he says […] The post Naig says flooding in NW Iowa “not seen since 1993” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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