July 1, 2024

A crop insurance agent in southeast Nebraska says recent heavy rains and flooding have caused some crop damage in the state. “Some of the crop is 100% gone, depending on the stage.” Ruth Gerdes with the Auburn Agency Crop Insurance tells Brownfield some of the crop should bounce back and the complete damage to the […] The post Heavy rains and flooding cause some NE crop damage appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

USDA has released its recommendations for changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order system.  The recommendations cover a variety of issues discussed at length during the USDA hearing held last fall and early winter in Indiana. The document is over 300 pages long and was released Monday afternoon.  Many dairy stakeholders are still reviewing the […] The post USDA releases Federal Milk Marketing Order recommendations appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The winter wheat harvest continues, while conditions of corn and soybeans slightly falling. According to the USDA’s latest Crop Progress and Conditions report, winter wheat harvest is 80% complete, well ahead of 39% last year and the five-year average of 49%. Ninety-eight percent of the winter wheat crop has matured. Corn was rated 57% good to excellent with […] The post Kansas winter wheat harvest nears the end appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn and soybeans conditions have dipped slightly from last week. The latest Crop Progress and Conditions report from the USDA says 78% of soybeans are rated good to excellent, 23% of the crop is blooming, ahead of last year’s 17% and the 5-year average of 20% . Corn is rated 80% good to excellent with corn silking at 3%, above last year’s 3% and […] The post 78% of Nebraska soybeans, 80% of corn rated good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ohio experienced a break in the heat last week and most of the state received much needed rains.  According to the latest Crop Progress and Conditions report from the USDA, corn is rated 66 percent good to excellent with 3 percent silking. Soybeans are ​rated ​63 percent good to excellent, with 12 percent blooming. Winter wheat […] The post Rain relief hits Ohio, helps crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Missouri’s corn and soybean conditions continue to improve heading into what’s typically one of the warmest months of the growing season. USDA says corn conditions are rated 78% good to excellent with 35% of the corn silking and some of the crop reaching dough stage. Soybean conditions are rated 76% good to excellent with 14% […] The post Corn and soybean conditions improve in MO appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Despite the heavy rains and flooding in eastern South Dakota, corn and soybean conditions improved slightly for the whole state the final week in June. USDA says the corn conditions are rated 73% good to excellent. Soybean conditions are rated 73% good to excellent with 3% of the crop blooming, behind the average for this […] The post SD corn and soybean conditions improve appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

It was a mostly dry week for crops in Arkansas.  USDA reporters say 47% of the cropland has adequate moisture, while 3% has surplus and 37% is short of moisture while subsoil levels are higher.  Eighty-nine percent of the corn crop is silking with 23% now in the dough stage and 5% has dented.  Twenty-five […] The post Most Arkansas crops doing well after a dry week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Rain and flooding limited fieldwork and resulted in livestock losses last week in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says while some parts of the state got a reprieve from the rain, others received several inches. Farmers applied pesticides where they could get in fields. Corn rated in good to excellent condition fell to 62 […] The post Rain and floods result in crop and livestock losses in Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The specialty products manager at AgReliant Genetics says some farmers facing tight margins are turning to food grade corn production. Chuck Hill tells Brownfield the premiums can be attractive. “With the lower commodity prices, these buyers get a lot of phone calls, people wanting to get in.”  He says, “There are some things that you […] The post Food grade premiums enticing farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story