The power went out in most of Estherville on Saturday and City Administrator Penny Clayton says a temporary fix to get electricity flowing again is now permanent. “We worked with Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative to install an emergency tie in…so that we could backfeed power into our system from theirs,” Clayton says. “That will stay […] View Full Story
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is strengthening efforts to reduce the spread of spotted lanternfly over the next five years. Michigan State University Extension fruit educator Nikki Rothwell tells Brownfield the invasive pest has been found in 14 states since first detected in 2014. “We’re not as worried in tree fruit, it doesn’t seem to […] The post USDA strategizes spotted lanternfly attack appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The CEO of Summit Carbon Solutions says permit application approval in Iowa was a good first step for the carbon pipeline project and now, attention turns to permit approvals in the Dakotas. Lee Blank tells Brownfield two permits are needed in North Dakota, one for construction and the other for carbon storage, and one permit […] The post Next step for carbon pipeline: Dakota permits appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
New winter canola varieties are helping to build marketing opportunities for Michigan farmers. Tom Butcher with ADM tells Brownfield the company started to contract with growers in 2020. “We’re offsetting Western Canada stocks with some of our stocks that we can grow here locally in Michigan and Ontario,” he explains. “We already have a well-established […] The post ADM building a canola market in Michigan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, waiting on direct business to develop. August live cattle closed $.82 higher at $185.10 and October live cattle closed $1.50 higher at $186.65. August feeder cattle closed $3.72 higher at $261.10 and September feeders closed $3.37 higher at $261.32. Direct cash cattle trade activity […] The post Cattle futures up ahead of widespread direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An extension educator says hail, high winds, and rains have pelted this year’s cherry crop. Nikki Rothwell with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield weather challenges of some kind have been persistent across all growing regions. “It’s just an ongoing onslaught of wet weather,” she shares. “It seems impossible to try to make sure everything’s […] The post Michigan cherries experiencing onslaught of weather issues appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A northern Minnesota livestock producer is interested in how automation might help her farm. Rachel Gray owns Little Timber Farms, a bred heifer operation near Blackduck, and says automated feeder systems are gaining popularity in feedlots. “Also, we’re seeing more and more automation with drones and things like that both in the cow/calf sector and […] The post Automation intriguing to Minnesota livestock producer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Farmers are seeing some advantages to growing short stature corn. Eastern Iowa farmer, Adam Rahe tells Brownfield this is his second season planting it. “It’s going to be a game changer,” he says. “From the plant density, being able to push the population a little bit more, to the next level yield that it’s bringing, […] The post Bayer’s “short corn” impressing farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
There are concerns a reliance on electric vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector could compromise the U.S. power grid. Scott Richman with the Renewable Fuels Association says grids are already struggling and there’s increasing demand from data centers being used for artificial intelligence. “You put on top of that the increased […] The post Overreliance on EV’s generate power grid concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Global Dairy Trade index dropped 6.9% in Tuesday’s trading session. Only lactose had a small price increase, while all other dairy product values fell. Overall, 113 winning bidders purchased 24,138 metric tons of dairy products during 16 rounds of bidding. Anhydrous milk fat prices fell 10.7% to $6,517 per metric ton or $2.95 per […] The post Global Dairy Trade index falls sharply appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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