October 11, 2024

The American Soybean Association is concerned about the California Air Resources Board’s recent modifications to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Director of government affairs Alexa Combelic says the changes are detrimental to feedstocks used to create biofuels. “This proposal would cap the number of agricultural feedstocks, so soybean and canola oil, that can be used in […] The post ASA is concerned about CARB’s updated LCFS appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA has made modest month-to-month adjustments to its 2024 corn and soybean production estimates. As of October 1st, corn is pegged at 15.2 billion bushels, up less than 1% from September on a fractional increase in the average yield, 0.2 higher at 183.8 bushels per acre, but down 1% from 2023 on a reduction […] The post USDA maintains large 2024 corn, soybean crop estimates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Pig farmers are trying to climb out of an extended period of weakness in the hog market. Compeer Financial swine specialist Tyler Fitterer says the swine industry has endured multiple years of losses. “Cost of capital has gone up, the building and material costs have sky-rocketed, and the swine industry has economically really slowed down […] The post Pork producer profitability slow to return appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains and upper Midwest, while cooler-than-normal conditions will prevail from the central Gulf Coast into New England.  Meanwhile, near- to below-normal precipitation is expected across most of the U.S. save for wetter-than-normal weather along […] The post A range of temps, weather ahead across the Heartland; a wetter pattern on the Plains? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation says he does not expect a farm bill anytime soon. Gregg Doud tells Brownfield… “It’s going to be really tough to get this done in the lame duck session with everything going on.” The former Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the United States […] The post CEO of National Milk Producers Federation not confident for farm bill passage appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story