August 20, 2024

The president of Indiana Farm Bureau says the organization continues to work on several policy issues on behalf of its members. Randy Kron says he never thought Indiana would have to fight to keep water available for ag use.  “Boone County doesn’t have enough water and now industry is talking about moving it 40 or 50 miles in large quantities like 100 million […] The post Indiana water availability becomes one of INFB’s top priorities appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, cool, dry weather prevails, with Tuesday’s high temperatures expected to generally range from 70 to 80°F.  Concerns related to slow crop development are mostly confined to the far upper Midwest, where only 64% of North Dakota’s soybeans were setting pods by August 18, versus the 5-year average of 84%.  Nationally, however, […] The post Pleasant weather continues across the Corn Belt as heat slowly builds northward on the Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The uses of soy will be on display at this year’s Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa. On this episode of Seeds of Success, a farmer-leader with the Iowa Soybean Association outlines some enhancements to a popular soy-based asphalt project. The post Soy-based Asphalt at the Farm Progress Show appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions across the northern Rockies, northern Intermountain West, and northern High Plains.  Meanwhile, near- or below-normal rainfall across most of the country should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather from the northern Rockies into the far upper Midwest, and […] The post Heat wave on the southern Plains to expand into the Corn Belt late this weekend, next week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybean growers will start to see some return on their checkoff investment from a new product.  A new PFAS-free and fluorine-free biodegradable, and much safer-to-use soybean based firefighting foam has been on the market for about six months. Dave Garlie, whose team at Cross Plains Solutions created the new fire foam discusses the foam and […] The post Soybean growers to benefit from checkoff investment in fire safety appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story