October 14, 2024

Unseasonably warm weather in the Upper Midwest is allowing fall fieldwork to advance. Farm business management instructor Kristina McVicker with South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota says she’s seeing a lot of tillage and fertilizer applications. “Fall tillage is certainly underway in a lot of areas. (The warm weather) has definitely inhibited some anhydrous being […] The post Fall fieldwork progressing in Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, pulling November back below $10. Soybeans are watching U.S. harvest activity and expecting good progress in most of the region this week. The trade is also monitoring planting weather in South America ahead of CONAB’s Brazil update Tuesday. AgRural says 8.2% of Brazil’s soybean crop is planted, […] The post Soybeans, corn see another round of harvest pressure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southern Indiana farmer says crop performance has exceeded expectations. But, Mark Seib says he didn’t expect this much variability.  “We were kind of surprised that they fluctuated greatly just across the road from each other,” he says. Of course, we saw rains in the spring where one side of the road had rain and […] The post Variable crop yields in Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says modest improvements in dairy shipments during August helped push volumes ahead of last year. Total U.S. dairy export volumes were up 1.7 percent from last August and values were up 10 percent to $708 million, the biggest jump of the year. Shipments of cheese were up 15 percent year […] The post Strong appetite for U.S. cheese lifts exports appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says his 2024 crop has exceeded expectations. “I had heard some stuff from some guys that got started early and I thought there’s no way we could have 70-bushel beans. And, we’ve had some right around that area.” But he tells Brownfield yields have been lower in some of his […] The post Crop exceeding expectations, Iowa farmer says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The operations manager with Precision Conservation Management (PCM) says data generated by the program is impacting farmer’s profitability. Clay Bess, who’s based in southeastern Illinois, says tillage practices matter. “Anything more than a couple passes of tillage does not return on the bottom line for farmers.”  He says, “Our most profitable farmers, the majority of […] The post Precision Conservation Management benefitting farm profitability appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The genetic makeup of a variety of blueberries can contribute to fruit quality. However, varietal changes have also helped the plants adapt to a changing climate and improve performance in different conditions. Bill Fritz’s family operation has been growing blueberries in Michigan since 1956.  He says he’s seen a lot of changes over the year. […] The post Changes in blueberry varieties appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomist says harvest across the state of Nebraska has been inconsistent. Keith Byerly with Mosaic tells Brownfield there was a lot of moisture in the spring.  “We’ve seen a lot of issues carry through all season long, with maybe some poor nutrient availability of our water-soluble nutrients,” he says. “We’ve seen some weed issue […] The post Agronomist says Nebraska harvest has been inconsistent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story