June 25, 2024

The lead grain economist for CoBank does not anticipate recent flooding to be accounted for in Friday’s acreage report from USDA. Tanner Ehmke says the farmer planting surveys were collected before the Upper Midwest was hammered by torrential rains over the weekend. “I think USDA is going to have to adjust going forward in future […] The post Don’t expect recent floods to be reflected in USDA acreage report appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the Michigan Association of Agriscience Educators says the state is well positioned to grow the future of agricultural education. Brian Matchett tells Brownfield agriculture’s limitless career opportunities are a large part of why the Michigan FFA Association is experiencing record student membership. “They want to be in a program where they’re getting […] The post Agriscience education thriving in Michigan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Flooding in the Upper Midwest is resulting in livestock losses. Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association president Jake Thompson tells Brownfield the southwest corner of the state is most effected. “With this drastic change in cool to hot and the water stresses, we did have a feedlot call that had fairly higher death loss due to some […] The post Flooding results in livestock losses appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A livestock economist says he’s still not seeing widespread signs of expansion to the cattle herd. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says year-to-date beef cow slaughter is down 13 percent from 2023 levels. “We have to get ourselves down in that 15 to 20% range for an annual average before I get too carried away […] The post Economists says industry continues to watch for signs of cattle herd expansion appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Photo courtesy of Kelly Nieuwenhuis/X A northwest Iowa farmer says the recent round of heavy rains in the Upper Midwest have had a major impact on agriculture. Kelly Nieuwenhuis raises corn and soybeans on 2700 acres in O’Brien County. “Seeing a lot of ponding and a lot of crops that had been underwater, which surprisingly […] The post Ponding, livestock loss reported in northwest Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Illinois corn farmers are investing in finding new uses for their commodity. In this Managing for Profit, Jon Rosenstiel, Illinois Corn Marketing Board Chairman and Stephenson County farmer, discusses how check off dollars are finding new ways to utilize Illinois-grown corn. The post New Uses for Illinois Corn Mean More Demand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, heavy showers and thunderstorms are sweeping over the Great Lakes Thursday morning, while lighter showers are exiting the Dakotas.  The rain is a bellwether of cooler temperatures, though Tuesday will feature one more day of highs in the low to middle 90s.  Topsoil moisture has rapidly declined in the Ohio Valley […] The post Weather & temps continue in a broad range across the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story