Volunteers in Sioux City’s Memorial Park Cemetery placed over 4400 wreaths at the gravesides of veterans today. Rene LaPierre, commander of American Legion Post 697, is the person who lead the effort for the “Wreaths Across America” program to reach his community. “When I see what happens at Arlington and all of the people that […] View Full Story
A pair of northern Illinois seed representatives say many farmers saw record yields in 2024. Jake Anderson covers the northern third of the state as a sales agronomist for Stine Seeds. “We had some of the best corn yields we’ve ever seen.” He says, “Soybean yields were acceptable to great, but kind of hit and […] The post Northern Illinois saw record yields in 2024 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Cindy Feldman, marketing director with the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association speaks with Brownfield’s Brandon Peoples about the upcoming Nebraska Ag Expo, taking place Dec 10-12 in Lincoln, Nebraska. AUDIO: Nebraska Ag Expo preview I’m speaking here with Cindy Feldman, marketing director with the Iowa Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association, the Nebraska Ag Expo is taking place […] The post 2024 Nebraska Ag Expo to feature latest advancements in agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is engaged as Congress prepares to write a new tax bill in 2025. NCBA president-elect Buck Wehrbein says there are several provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that expire next year. “We call it the death tax, the estate tax, that that stays where it is or is […] The post NCBA watching 2025 tax policy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Great Lakes Ag Labor Services says mandated H-2A guest worker wages contradict other Department of Labor programs. Sarah Black tells Brownfield a Michigan farm using the H-2A program participated in a prevailing wage survey this spring to enroll in the H-2B program for seasonal non-agricultural employees. “And it came back at $14.25 on the […] The post H-2A wage methodology severally flawed & needs to be modernized appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa’s climatologist says the 2024 harvest season was a pleasant surprise. Justin Glisan says many farmers overcame significant weather challenges. “With the amount of moisture we received through the early growing season, we had some delayed planting and replanting, but overall I think we were pleasantly surprised given the four-year drought we finally busted.” But […] The post Looking back on Iowa’s 2024 harvest season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An ag economist says the commodity markets could take a wait and see approach under a second Trump administration. Jim McCormick, co-founder of AgMarket.Net, says, “President Trump has talked a lot about tariffs and what he wants to do with raising tariffs with different countries around the world. We’re going to wait and see what […] The post Assessing potential impact of Trump’s tariff threats to commodity markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
One lawmaker says time is running out for the farm bill. U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says a new five-year farm bill isn’t likely despite continued calls from ag groups to get an updated version to the finish line. “With having to fund the government and a (Continuing Resolution), I think an updated farm bill in […] The post Farm bill extension likely, Rep. Hinson says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa’s busiest hunting season of the year opens tomorrow as some 100,000 shotgun-wielding deer hunters will hit the woods and fields over the next few weeks. Megan Anderson, a trauma injury prevention coordinator at Gundersen Health System, says if it’s been a while since you’ve been hunting, you would likely benefit from brushing up on […] View Full Story
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says it’s determining its next steps after a federal court vacated the agency’s genetically engineered final rule from 2020. The Northern District of California judge said the agency’s errors in the final rule were significant and ignored more than a decade of regulations that incorporated noxious-weed authority. […] The post Federal Court rules APHIS errors were significant in GE case appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
