December 12, 2024

The Ohio Senate has passed the Feral Swine bill is a unanimous and bipartisan vote this week. The bill aims to protect Ohio agriculture by eradicating the feral hog population, which poses a significant risk of disease to the state’s livestock industry.  It passed out of the Ohio House unanimously last June. The bill now heads […] The post Feral swine bill passes state legislature in Ohio appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The creator of the Shell Egg Academy would like to grow the quality and sustainability program.  Purdue University associate professor Darrin Karcher says it’s currently offered twice a year.  “Our target audience is the workers in the production houses with the birds as well as the workers that are on the processing line,” he says. The […] The post Purdue program improves safety in U.S. egg production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) won’t terminate Illinois Farm Bureau’s (IFB) membership on December 20th as originally planned. AFBF’s Board of Directors have approved an amended resolution that would instead end IFB’s membership effective 30 days after conclusion of the pending litigation between the two groups. In a statement to Brownfield, IFB president Brian […] The post AFBF pushes back IFB expulsion appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An insurance agent says livestock producers should have a risk management plan in 2025.  Shane Holtorf says Livestock Risk Protection helps producers protect their income.  “Sitting here at all time high prices or right up next to all time high prices, it’s a very attractive program to be able to use a government subsidy and take some […] The post Take advantage of risk management protection in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin has a new case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a poultry flock. State Veterinarian Darlene Konkle says 13,507 turkeys are affected on a farm in Barron County. She says, “DATCP animal health officials are working with USDA animal health officials to respond to that detection in a joint response.” Konkle says further testing […] The post HPAI detected in Wisconsin turkey flock appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey prices were up $0.0175 at $0.7675. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0375 at $1.7875.  Six sales were recorded, ranging from $1.78 to $1.7875.  Cheese barrels were up $0.0550 at $1.73.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.7150 to […] The post Whey and cheese higher, butter and powder lower Thursday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) says the 2023-2024 marketing year was a record for soybean meal exports. Jim Sutter says export volumes were up 10% on the year and 17% over the five-year average. “It’s been a good year.”  He says, “A lot of people were asking us, as we saw […] The post U.S. soybean meal exports hit record levels appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of the Minnesota Beef Council is reflecting on a year of strong demand. Kelly Schmidt says 2024 has been healthy for the cattle business. “In terms of our product, and I think that’s a reflection of good demand in a lot of ways. And that’s what we do everyday at the Beef Council […] The post Healthy year for beef demand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story