Authorities conducting a welfare check on a western Iowa woman encountered an armed suspect earlier today. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office says deputies arriving at the scene in Harlan a little after 4:30-a.m. wound-up in a stand-off with 36-year-old David Plagmann, who authorities say was armed. The news release says when Plagmann made aggressive movements […] View Full Story
Key Republican lawmakers have developed a plan they say would be the biggest property tax overhaul since 1977. “In previous years, anytime we’ve done property tax legislation it’s been culling around the edges, tinkering within the current system, making incremental improvements to the current system and this bill takes a completely different approach,” said Representative […] View Full Story
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were down on the week’s steady to lower direct business, with feeders picking up additional pressure from the higher move in corn. April live was $.27 lower at $196.27 and June was down $.07 at $192.62. April feeders were down $1.65 at $274.42 and May was $1.22 lower […] The post Cattle lower, waiting for rest of week’s direct trade appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
This year’s Outstanding Agricultural Educator says she’s still having fun teaching after 25 years. Melanie Block started her career at Ravenna High School in 2000. “Being able to be involved in my community and form partnerships with colleges like Grand Valley, and give the kids a chance to be successful—that’s been really rewarding for me,” […] The post Block named Outstanding Agricultural Educator appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The deputy director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) says the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze has halted the Illinois EATS program. Kristi Jones tells Brownfield it was part of the USDA funded Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. “Those reimbursement dollars are how we fund the lead agencies, the farmers, and the food.” She […] The post Federal funding freeze halts Illinois EATS program appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
May corn closed at $4.64, up 8 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.27 and 1/4, up 15 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $304.90, up $5.10May soybean oil closed at 43.17, up 18 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.54, up 5 and 3/4 centsApr. live cattle closed at $196.27, down 27 centsApr. feeder cattle […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 6, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Elanco Animal Health has partnered with Medgene to launch the first highly pathogenic avian influenza vaccine for dairy cattle. Tim Bettington is executive vice president of corporate strategy and market development for Elanco. “Our ability to vaccinate those animals and potentially eliminate transmission also means healthier animals,” he says. “The impact to the animals is […] The post Elanco partners with Medgene to launch HPAI vaccine for dairy cattle appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
BW Fusion is a crop nutrition and biological company with an agronomic education focus. Josh Messer, Agronomy Consultant with BW Fusion and Agronomy 365 tells Brownfield they work with farmers to improve the efficiency of soils and crops throughout the entire season. Messer tells Brownfield there is more happening in the soil than a regular […] The post Maximize efficiencies to create profitability appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
South Dakota’s governor signed a bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines today. Sierra Club of Iowa Attorney Wally Taylor says that should stop Summit Carbon from building its carbon pipeline in Iowa. “I think as a practical matter, it does. I mean legally, summit could still get a permit in South […] View Full Story
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Some forecasts have early harvest delaying rain in parts of Argentina and a couple of firms have trimmed estimates in Brazil this week. Still, while some outfits have lowered their estimates for South American production, there are going to be a lot of soybeans hitting the global […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat close solidly higher appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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