July 18, 2024

The director of communications at the American Dairy Association Indiana says connecting with consumers about the state’s dairy industry is important.  Brooke Williams says the organization’s 35th annual Ice Cream Social held on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis makes dairy more visible. “People don’t realize that there are almost 700 dairy farms in the state, and so any way […] The post ADAI celebrates its 35th year promoting the dairy industry on Monument Circle appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in southern Minnesota says some drowned out spots have remained too wet to replant. Jerry Demmer grows corn and soybeans near Clarks Grove. “I did not replant anything, we really never had that opportunity to get out there and do that because it just seemed to rain (so much). Once it dried up […] The post Too wet to replant appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The dairy category continues to dominate grocery and retail sales.  Dairy Economist Corey Geiger with CoBank tells Brownfield dairy products account for 76 billion dollars in sales over the last year, and consumers love the taste and the health benefits. “Not only from the great proteins found in dairy to most complete amino acids and […] The post CoBank report shows strong dairy sales continuing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Midwest director of American Farmland Trust says farmers utilizing cover crops can again receive incentives through the ADM re:generations program. Kris Reynolds tells Brownfield second year enrollment is now open. “Yeah, really excited to continue our partnership with ADM.”  He says, “Last year, we had a goal of 225,000 cover crop acres and we […] The post AFT & ADM continue re:generations partnership; cover crop incentives available appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story