February 14, 2025

A farmer and marketing expert says farm families should start their succession planning sooner. “Ultimately, it’s never too early to have the discussion.” Matt Bennett from AgMarket.net says planning for a farm’s future after a family death is a tough conversation to get started, and he knows from first-hand experience. “I know when we started […] The post Succession planning? Start sooner appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.0050 at $0.5550.  Two sales were recorded at $0.5550 and $0.5575.  Forty-pound cheese blocks remained unchanged at $1.92. One sale was recorded at $1.9250.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0125 at $1.8175.  Three sales were recorded, ranging from $1.8025 to […] The post Cash dairy prices end week lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. A new northeast Ohio ag center is helping producers navigate challenges on the farm.  Jessica Eikleberry is the program manager at the Northeast Ohio Ag Innovation Center. “We can offer one-on-one support and we can help research the regulations,” she says. “We can also look for funding. It’s all about […] The post New Ohio ag center helps farmers with personalized solutions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ag groups say they’re closely watching several legislative proposals in the Illinois General Assembly. Jennifer Tirey, executive director with the Illinois Pork Producers Association, says their members are concerned over potential livestock regulations. “There are several pieces of legislation that dropped the very last day, almost on the 11th hour related to the Livestock Management […] The post Ag groups watching IL General Assembly appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An eastern Iowa farmer says he’s concerned about a lack of soil moisture heading into the growing season. Lance Lillibridge says precipitation deficits are adding up quickly. “We’re just going to have to pray we get moisture in the form of liquid this spring to get recharged. We are incredibly dry.” He tells Brownfield his […] The post Recent snow won’t help much, Iowa farmer says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An American Farm Bureau board member for the Midwest Region says he’s encouraged to see the organization elevating labor as a top priority. Michigan Farm Bureau President Ben LaCross tells Brownfield specialty crop farmers in his state have relied on the H-2A visa guest worker program for more than a decade, but “The returns that our farmers […] The post H-2A reform keeping steam into 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Three more states are suing Deere & Company arguing the company restricts farmers’ ability to repair equipment and unfairly inflates costs. Attorneys General from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona now join the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from Illinois and Minnesota who filed the suit a U.S. District Court in Illinois last month. The FTC […] The post Additional Attorneys General join John Deere suit appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Avian influenza has been found in some wild birds in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources officials confirm finding the H5N1 virus in a wild merganser duck in Milwaukee County.  DNR officials also say there have been reports of around 50 sick ducks along the Lake Michigan shoreline between Milwaukee and the Illinois border.  Since mid-December, […] The post Avian influenza found in wild Wisconsin birds appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story