August 30, 2024

A farmer in eastern South Dakota says he’s expecting a later-than-usual harvest for corn and soybeans this fall. Dave Ellens says it will likely be the end of September before soybean harvest begins, due to planting season delays and late-season rains, but it should be a better-than-expected soybean crop. “There’s a lot of four-bean pods […] The post Delayed harvest in eastern South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in central Missouri says the corn was too high moisture to harvest ahead of the Labor Day weekend. “It ended up averaging 30% moisture when I did a test run this past week. If we can get it below 25% moisture, we have to get going.” Nathan Alpers says he’ll try again to […] The post Corn harvest starting soon for mid-MO farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A U.S. Senator says she’s concerned about the downturn in the ag economy. Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer tells Brownfield… “People know that we have to weather these cycles, but they also know that we have to receive fair compensation, fair revenue for the products we produce,” she says. Fischer says growing demand for US agricultural goods is […] The post Sen. Fischer concerned with downturn in ag economy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. farmers made and paid less in July than they did in June. The USDA’s index of prices received fell 2.7% on the month on declines in corn, soybeans, lettuce, and broccoli, which canceled out gains in cattle, market eggs, strawberries, and oranges. The index of prices paid was 0.3% lower on decreases in feeder […] The post USDA ag price indices down on month appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A North Carolina State University Extension soybean specialist says a new website allows farmers to keep up to date with emerging soybean issues as they happen. Rachel Vann says the “Bean Binoculars” map serves as an early warning network for agronomic issues. “With each issue you’ll get a description of the issue, some high-quality photos, […] The post “Bean Binoculars” website offers farmers national insight appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

California officials are testing dairy cows from three farms for possible avian influenza infections. The state’s Department of Food and Agriculture says samples from the three sites have been submitted to the state’s animal health and food safety lab for verification of the H5N1 virus.  All three farms are in California’s central valley. If the […] The post California investigating possible H5N1 cases appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says she’s seeing more pressure on the ag economy. Cortney Cowley says farm income is declining. “We say early signs because the way we measure farm income is by asking agricultural lenders if farm income in their lending area is higher or lower or unchanged […] The post Early signs of pressure in the ag economy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Clean Fuels Alliance America wants to see an increase of lower carbon biofuels. Director of State Governmental Affairs Jeff Earl tells Brownfield… “We need good, strong policy to send that market signal and also provide any kind of incentive that might be necessary to help encourage more use of our fuels,” he says. Earl says using biodiesel […] The post Clean Fuels Alliance partners with PepsiCo to meet decarbonization goals appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story