Hundreds of Iowa hunters will hit the fields this holiday weekend for the start of the rabbit and squirrel seasons. Nate Carr, an Iowa DNR conservation officer for Hamilton and Hardin counties, says the weather should be ideal. “Rabbit and squirrel season are going to open up this Saturday,” Carr says. “The two things you’re […] View Full Story
A market analyst sees a bleak outlook for corn and soybean prices going into harvest. Jamey Kohake with Paragon Investments says a record crop is waiting to come online. “Saw big numbers from Pro Farmer (and) it looks like pretty much anywhere but southern Minnesota does have a very good crop.” Speaking to Brownfield at […] The post Bleak outlook for corn and soybean prices through harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City says growth in farmland values has slowed. Cortney Cowley tells Brownfield… “That means that you could buy a treasury bond or or invest in a lower risk entity and make more money on it than buying farmland,” she says. She says it may only […] The post Growth in farmland values is slowing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The central region business manager for Beck’s Hybrids says the company expects adequate seed supplies for 2025. Clint Prange tells Brownfield… “Seed production looks very good right now.” He says, “We even ramped up production that much more coming off of last year because we had such high demand to make sure that we have […] The post Beck’s Hybrids expects good seed supply for ‘25 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Cash dairy prices were steady-to-higher entering the holiday Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.56. Two sales were recorded at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.1350 at $2.21. Three sales were recorded, ranging from $2.19 to $2.21. Cheese barrels were up $0.0875 at $2.26. Two sales were recorded […] The post CME cash dairy prices steady to higher Friday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA will allow field safety trials of H5N1 vaccines in dairy cattle. Vilsack says he doesn’t expect the trials to disrupt trade. “The expectation is that there won’t be quite the level of concern as there is in poultry and the reason being that dairy cows and cattle generally […] The post First field trial for H5N1 cattle vaccine authorized appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Grain storage concerns are prevalent in areas of the Corn Belt that had planting delays. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Gentry Sorenson says crop development varies widely across the Upper Midwest. “There’s going to be some wet corn out there this year, a lot of fields were planted very late.” Ryan Thompson with AGI tells […] The post Challenging weather spawns grain storage concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A southeastern Illinois farmer says his corn harvest started Thursday with a surprise. Jeff Scates, who farms in Gallatin & Union Counties, tells Brownfield… “It was the first field that we had planted, and it was coming out at 15% moisture.” He says, “So it’s much, much drier than anticipated.” He says yields were also […] The post Surprising start to harvest for southeastern Illinois farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Insignum AgTech is partnering with Purdue University to develop new technology that could help farmers detect tar spot earlier in corn. Kyle Mohler, CEO and founder of Insignum AgTech discusses the tecnology. The post Newly developed technology helps farmers detect tar spot earlier appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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