September 26, 2024

The USDA reports a down week for U.S. export sales. The week-to-week declines were influenced by several factors, including rising U.S. barge freight rates due to low levels on some rivers, increased prices for some commodities, and the relative strength of the dollar. These bearish sales totals for the week ending September 19th included a […] The post U.S. export sales down on week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A bipartisan bill has been introduced into the U.S. Senate to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to purchase imported feedstocks for biofuels production. Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, co-sponsor of the bill, says there’s been a surge of imports from China and Brazil, displacing the use of domestic feedstocks. “We can’t allow foreign feed stock to crowd […] The post Sen. Brown says 45Z proposal necessary to prioritize domestic feedstocks appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A technical services representative with BASF says early harvest results in his area have been mixed. Mike Probst, who’s based in southeastern Illinois, tells Brownfield… “Honestly, seeing a lot of soybeans coming off.”  He says, “Corn seems to be pretty good for the most part, hearing some pretty good numbers. But soybean yields seem to […] The post Early harvest results in southeastern Illinois showing soybean challenges appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, lingering showers are confined to parts of the lower Great Lakes region.  Elsewhere in the Midwest, mild, dry weather favors a return to fieldwork, including early-season harvest activities.  However, a few areas, mainly across Missouri and southern Illinois, received enough rain in recent days to keep fieldwork on hold. On the […] The post Scattered rains in the Ohio Valley, fair, mild, warm weather across the rest of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

With harvest underway, an agronomist says this time of year is also when farmers should consider evaluating their herbicide programs. Dean Grossnickle, with Syngenta talks about best practices for the next growing season, some challenges facing farmers and other considerations farmers should be looking at to manage weeds and disease pressure.  AUDIO: Dean Grossnickle, Syngenta The post Having a post-harvest herbicide plan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At least two U.S. Representatives have sent a letter to Congressional leadership asking them to prioritize a new farm bill in the lame duck session of Congress. In the letter, Mark Alford from Missouri and Ashley Hinson from Iowa say farmers don’t have the luxury to wait until the new Congress to enact a new […] The post Lawmakers ask Congress to prioritize farm bill in lame duck session appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story