U.S. red meat and poultry stocks in cold storage are below year ago levels. The USDA says frozen red meat supplies were 2% lower than last year at 846.166 million pounds on a slight decline in beef to 395.186 million pounds and a 3% decrease for pork at 453.641 million pounds, due to generally good […] The post Domestic red meat, poultry supplies tighten appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A U.S. Senator from Wisconsin says there’s renewed interest in getting a five-year farm bill done in the lame-duck session of Congress. Tammy Baldwin tells Brownfield farmers need certainty. “We’ll see how those conversations and negotiations go,” she says. “But they have started anew in recent weeks, and my understanding is that they will continue […] The post Congress targets lame-duck session for farm bill work appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The USDA says there was a slight year-to-year increase in the U.S. hog herd. The hog and pig inventory of 76.48 million head on September 1st was fractionally larger than last year, with a 1% increase in market hogs to 70.437 million head canceling out a 2% decrease for the breeding inventory to 6.044 million […] The post U.S. hog herd up slightly on year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Friends and families gathered at a park in Evansdale Wednesday to share their stories of loved ones who have been killed as part of the National Day of Remembrance for victims of homicide. Heidi Maring wears a tattoo on her arm to remember her eight-year-old son Anthony, who was killed by her husband, and tells […] View Full Story
A northeast Arkansas farmer is scrambling to get as much harvest completed as he can before Hurricane Helene moves north. Derek Haigwood says it’s never a good time for a storm of this magnitude. “We’re so close to having our corn finished, and we’re so close to having our rice finished,” he says. “We have […] The post Harvesting to beat the storm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Democrats say ensuring Iowans have access to in vitro fertilization will be one of their priorities if Democrats win a majority of seats in the Iowa House. House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst says Republican Governor Kim Reynolds wouldn’t sign a repeal of Iowa’s six-week abortion ban, but the legislature should make it clear IVF and […] View Full Story
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Out of some 800 mayors statewide, the Iowa League of Cities is singling out three for awards, based on the population of their communities. Lake View Mayor John Westergaard is the Iowa Mayor of the Year for towns under 2,000 residents, and Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart won the title for cities over 10,000. For mid-sized […] View Full Story
Commodity groups continue to push for a farm bill this year. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association president Darin Johnson says executive leadership visited Washington, D.C. earlier this month. “Trying to keep on pushing to get a farm bill pushed through.” He tells Brownfield he felt less optimistic following the trip. “The House and Senate are still […] The post Minnesota Soybean Growers president less optimistic on farm bill following DC visit appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says a continuing resolution to fund the government that passed Wednesday does not include a full farm bill extension. “No, not necessary, we’re fine until December 31st.” GT Thompson tells Brownfield Congressional leadership and USDA determined only a few ag-related issues needed resolved before the current extension expires […] The post Congress avoids shutdown, full farm bill extension not included appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
