Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley is blasting the U.S. Postal Service over a whistleblower’s claims that a registered sex offender got a job as a letter carrier, even though he revealed his status on the application. Grassley says the postal service has refused his request for a list of letter carriers who are registered sex offenders, […] View Full Story
Early harvest results are a mixed bag for southeast Minnesota soybean grower Darin Johnson. “Just got a couple hundred acres out, extremely variable. We’re still kind of cutting around a lot of drowned outs, so there’s still a lot of slough holes and all the kind of perimeter fringe areas of all those slough holes […] The post Mixed bag for Minnesota farmer beginning soybean harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A livestock economist says breeding inventory is a number to watch in this week’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report. University of Missouri associate extension professor emeritus Scott Brown says the industry has been almost sideways. “I’ve seen some estimates already that would suggest breeding inventories below year-ago levels,” he says. He tells Brownfield this week’s […] The post Previewing the USDA’s Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Five Iowa schools are on the U.S. Department of Education 2024 list of Blue Ribbon Schools. The schools on that list are Alta-Aurelia Middle School, Decorah High School, Nodaway Valley Middle School, Rock Run Elementary School in Iowa Falls, and Rock Valley Elementary School. The five Iowa schools were honored as “Exemplary High-Performing Schools”, which […] View Full Story
Colombia has lifted restrictions on imports of U.S. beef and fully restored market access to the U.S. Earlier this year, the Colombian government banned U.S. beef originating from states where H5N1 had been detected in dairy cows. Dan Halstrom, president and CEO of the U.S. Meat Export Federation, says the association is grateful to have […] The post Colombia lifts its restrictions on U.S. beef imports appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Protecting funding for University extension is crucial to agriculture and advancing research. Oklahoma State University Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences Brett Carver says extension services help farmers with education and production, but the solution is becoming more complex. “We have productivity expectations,” he says. “We have to meet not just a growing population, but it’s a […] The post NASDA: Extension is the core to advancing production agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A Gowrie man has been charged in connection to the weekend death of a teenager from Farnhamville. The 17-year-old victim’s name has not been released, but the Southeast Valley Community School District Superintendent confirmed in an email to parents that she was a student in the district. A criminal complaint from the Calhoun County Sheriff’s […] View Full Story
The Illinois Corn Marketing Board utilizes corn checkoff dollars to support the work of the U.S. Grains Council across the globe. One of the many outreach efforts supported by the Illinois corn checkoff is the U.S. Grains Council. Jim Reed, Illinois farmer and at large board member for USGC, says that support is vital to the […] The post Spreading the Message of Corn Overseas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A Bayer agronomist says some Illinois farmers are seeing seed quality issues in their corn crop. Lance Tarochione, who’s based in west central Illinois, tells Brownfield… “East central Illinois is fighting that more.” He says, “Somebody I was talking to the other day described to me an ear of corn that looked like a bag […] The post Some seed quality issues popping up in Illinois corn crop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Each year, the Michigan Soybean Committee sponsors a football game and a men’s basketball game at Michigan State University. In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear what the checkoff has planned this season with the Spartans. The post Spartan Fans: Score Big with Soy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
