Jonathan Kleinjan with the South Dakota Wheat Commission says the drought has affected early winter wheat conditions. “There’s a small pocket in the middle of the state that’s only abnormally dry with most of the state at D1 to D2 and then, there’s a pocket in the south central part of the state that’s D3 […] The post Drought’s impact on SD winter wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Black Friday is four weeks from today, launching another holiday shopping season, but a University of Iowa study finds people who are lonely may find themselves unable to resist the impulse to buy. Marketing Professor Alice Wang, in the UI’s Tippie College of Business, says loneliness is different for everyone, but if someone perceives themselves […] View Full Story
About six months after USDA issued a federal order requiring testing for Influenza A in livestock to mitigate the spread, the virus continues to affect livestock and humans. USDA says there have been at least 160 confirmed cases of H5N1 in livestock in the past month across Idaho and California. And the Centers for Disease […] The post Vet says H5N1 federal order falls short appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Cash dairy prices were mixed to end the week Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey prices have remained unchanged for two weeks at $0.6025. One sale was recorded at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0025 at $1.8375. Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8050 to $1.8375. Cheese barrels were up $0.0075 […] The post Cash dairy prices mixed Friday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The trapping season opens in Iowa Saturday with a DNR expert saying the prospects look good. Furbearer biologist Vince Evelsizer says some of the animals have managed the recent wet to dry weather swings better than others. “The more aquatic furbearer species like beavers, otters, mink, and muskrats, they’re more affected by this extreme wet […] View Full Story
