June 5, 2025

Technology gives farmers real-time forage data at harvest time

New harvester technology is helping dairy and livestock operators precisely manage feed.  Bergen Nelson is John Deere’s market manager for combines and self-propelled forage harvesters.  He tells Brownfield their new F8 and F9 choppers have many technological advancements, with one of them being a sensor on the discharge chute. “And that sensor can measure moisture, […] The post Technology gives farmers real-time forage data at harvest time appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Tillamook ice cream heads east

An Oregon-based, farmer-owned, dairy cooperative is bringing production of its sweet treats to the Midwest. David Booth, president & CEO of Tillamook County Creamery Association, says a newly remodeled $65 million ice cream manufacturing facility in Decatur, Illinois, is the brand’s first plant outside of Oregon. “We sell to more households in the eastern part […] The post Tillamook ice cream heads east appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story