July 3, 2024

Michigan’s wine industry is strengthening efforts to connect consumers to cool climate specialty varietals specific to the mitten. Michigan Wine Collaborative Executive Director Emily Dockery tells Brownfield a recent specialty crop block grant from the state helped form the Taste Michigan brand. “I think that that brand is really going to propel Michigan wine to […] The post Taste Michigan unites the state’s wine industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The deputy legal counsel with the American Farm Bureau Federation says the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to no longer abide by the Chevron deference is starting to impact the ag sector. The doctrine, used for 40 years, instructs courts to defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of unclear laws and at the end of June, […] The post Ag sector impacted by recent SCOTUS decision appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A livestock economist says there could be some risk management opportunity for livestock producers following the USDA’s recent acreage report. “Livestock producers ought to be smiling just a little bit, especially if they aren’t in the corn production business,” says University of Missouri’s Scott Brown. He tells Brownfield the USDA raised its estimates for corn […] The post Acreage report could provide risk management opportunities for livestock producers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A technical services representative with BASF says now is the time to identify herbicide resistant weeds. Gery Welker, who covers portions of Indiana & Illinois, tells Brownfield farmers struggling with weed pressure may be dealing with resistance. “Because all the easy ones don’t reproduce right, cause they’re gone.”  He says, “The ones that survive, they’re […] The post Now is the time to identify herbicide resistance appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A nutrient management specialist says farmers changing crops or filing prevent plant claims might also have to update their nutrient management plans. Andrea Topper with Wisconsin’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection tells Brownfield many farmers applied manure last fall expecting to plant corn this spring, but wet fields prevented that. “In this situation, […] The post Wet Wisconsin fields might mean adjusting nutrient management plans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s weekly broiler hatchery numbers continue to imply higher production. 245.241 million broiler-type eggs were placed into incubation last week, up modestly from the previous week and 3% above a year ago, with average hatchability at 79.2%. 190.327 million broiler-type chicks entered meat production, a slight increase on both the week and the year, […] The post Broiler hatchery numbers hold on to uptrend appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the Iowa Soybean Association says the U.S. can expand its market share for Colombia’s entire soy complex. Suzanne Shirbroun says she recently returned from a Colombian trade mission where farmer directors were seeking to boost soybeans sales. “There were customers there from Peru, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Ecuador, and even Jamaica. I did […] The post ISA farmer directors return from trade mission to Colombia appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Carah Hart and Michelle Stangler from the Brownfield team will be in Columbia on July 31, 2024 for the Missouri Soybeans Ag Innovation Field Day. The post Ag Innovation Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield’s Carah Hart and Michelle Stangler will cover the Mizzou Pest Management Field Day put on by University of Missouri Extension in Columbia on July 11, 2024. The post Mizzou Pest Management Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story