January 27, 2025

The president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says water rights are one of the organization’s top priorities in 2025. Southeast Missouri producer Jeff Reed says producers need to be protected. “We’re a riparian state,” he says.  “People were wanting to pump water out of the state of Missouri, so we want to make sure we’re […] The post Protecting water and property rights top the list of priorities for Missouri producers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says water rights are one of the organization’s top priorities in 2025. Southeast Missouri producer Jeff Reed says producers need to be protected. “We’re a riparian state,” he says.  “People were wanting to pump water out of the state of Missouri, so we want to make sure we’re […] The post Protecting water and property rights top the list of priorities for Missouri produces appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were steady to higher Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6975.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0375 at $1.87. Nine sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8325 to $1.87.  Cheese barrels were up $0.02 at $1.84.  Four sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8225 to […] The post Cash dairy prices steady to higher Monday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A marketing advisor says he is not expecting any big changes in crop plans this spring.  John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield farmers are not looking at shifting from soybeans to corn, at least not yet. “I haven’t heard a whole lot of people cutting back. I have heard some that are switching […] The post Market advisor expects little change in crop plans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says corn, soybean, and wheat export inspections as of the week ending January 23rd remain ahead of the respective paces needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year kicked off June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans, corn, and sorghum. The USDA’s next set of supply […] The post Generally slow week for U.S. export inspections appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Minnesota Farm Bureau vice president Carolyn Olson says during the American Farm Bureau delegate session Tuesday, her organization will have the opportunity to debate nine policy recommendations. “We submitted 22, nine were accepted into the delegate session.” Speaking to Brownfield Saturday during the AFBF Convention in San Antonio, she said the recommendations range from EMS […] The post Minnesota Farm Bureau brings 9 policy recommendations to AFBF Convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Kansas Farm Bureau president Joe Newland says the biggest concern his organization is bringing to the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio is animal ID. “And where we go from there.” He tells Brownfield it needs to be voluntary. The post Kansas Farm Bureau concerned about mandatory animal ID appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin Farm Bureau president Brad Olson says his organization is being recognized during the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio. “We took both awards today at the event, and so a good day for Wisconsin.” Wisconsin Farm Bureau won the Pinnacle Award and the New Horizon Award Saturday. The post Wisconsin Farm Bureau wins Pinnacle, New Horizon awards at AFBF Convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Nebraska Farm Bureau president Mark McHargue says his state has an opportunity to capitalize on the sustainable aviation fuel market. Speaking to Brownfield at the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio, Texas, he said Nebraska is developing a pipeline to capture carbon dioxide. “So I think using our ethanol or corn stover to go […] The post Nebraska Farm Bureau wants to capitalize on SAF potential appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story