Indiana FFA State Convention
May 28, 2025
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the State Star Ceremony The post Indiana FFA State Convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the State Star Ceremony The post Indiana FFA State Convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Farm Tour The post Ohio Agriculture Conservation Initiative Farm Tours appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Brent Barnett covers the High-Blend Biodiesel Ribbon Cutting Celebration The post High-Blend Biodiesel Ribbon Cutting Celebration appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A southern Illinois agronomist says many farmers in his region have lost a month of the growing season. “The last time that I ran a tractor across the field was April 28th doing some burn down on cover crops.” John Pike, who farms in Williamson County and operates Pike Ag LLC, says near constant cool, […] The post A lost month appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Governor Kim Reynolds has signed legislation to provide paid family leave to new parents who work in state government. Women who work in state government get four weeks of paid leave after giving birth and a state employee whose spouse or partner gives birth get one week of family leave. The same family leave policy […] View Full Story
Brownfield Ag News is pleased to announce the addition of Colton Whitney as its summer broadcast intern. Based in Jefferson City, Missouri, Whitney will collaborate with the team to produce compelling content for Brownfield’s radio network and multimedia platforms “Colton’s passion for agriculture and dedication to sharpening his journalism skills make him an outstanding addition […] The post Whitney joins Brownfield Ag News as summer intern appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa Workforce Development is shutting down its system for filing unemployment claims as they move to upgrade it. IWD spokesperson Jesse Dougherty says they are merging the system with the IowaWorks.com system, where you go to get training or find a new job. “That means for Iowans on a daily basis, if they’re filing for […] View Full Story
Wet weather in the past week stalled what had been fast planting progress for Iowa farmers. The U.S.D.A. weekly report shows corn planting increased by only 4% to 95% complete. It is still six days ahead of last year and two days ahead of the five-year average. Bean planting increased from 84 to 92% complete. […] View Full Story
A mix of weather patterns across the US Corn Belt is impacting planting progress and early crop development. Climatologist Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center says drought conditions have improved in many parts of the Western Corn Belt. “Pivots were going on planted fields just to get some moisture into those seeds so […] The post Different weather patterns affecting early crop development across Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Indiana wheat growers are monitoring wheat disease risk. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension’s Darcy Telenko identifies what diseases cause the most damage to the plant and what farmers should do to proavtively manage risk. The post How to manage wheat disease risk appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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