The state has confirmed the second death from the Legionnaires Disease outbreak in Marshalltown. The Department of Health and Human Services says an elderly adult with multiple underlying health conditions died from the disease September 18th. The Department says all available evidence continues to indicate cooling towers are the most likely source of the outbreak […] View Full Story
Iowa’s Attorney General has ruled a fatal shooting by a Knoxville police officer was legally justified. Sergeant Joseph Weppler responded with another officer to a 911 call on August 21st from Andrea Funk who said her husband Steven had crashed his car into the house and was trying to get to her. Officers arrived and […] View Full Story
Dry weather has been pushing the apple harvest across Michigan. Riveridge operations manager Justin Finkler tells Brownfield fruit size and overall yields have been impacted north of Grand Rapids. “The one thing that we have had is exceptional coloring weather this year – fruit is very well colored, quality seems to be good,” he shares. […] The post Michigan crops struggle with dry soil as apple harvest picks up steam appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Ronnie Russell from Richmond, Missouri has been named the new state executive director for the USDA’s Farm Service Agency. Russell has farmed corn, soybeans, wheat and hay and has cattle. He has served on the American Soybean Association and the Missouri Soybean Association’s Board of Directors. The post Missouri farmer picked to lead state Farm Service Agency appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A rice agronomist with the University of Arkansas Extension says rice harvest continues at an above-average pace and the crop varies. Jarrod Hardke tells Brownfield “it’s most often true that if it’s a pretty good corn year, it’s a pretty good rice year. We normally harvest corn before we start harvesting the first rice so […] The post Variable rice as harvest advances in Arkansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A farmer in northeast South Dakota says he’s about two weeks away from starting harvest. “There’s a lot of green leaves still. I think there’s about 10 days until we can start.” Jeff Kippley tells Brownfield the recent rains have prolonged the growing season. “We had a very wet year. What hasn’t been washed out […] The post South Dakota farmer says still waiting on harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Farmers harvesting corn across north-central Missouri say the corn isn’t quite as good as it was last year. Cody Brock, who farms in Carroll County, says late season corn diseases impacted yields. “There was a lot of southern rust pressure that came in late this year.” But he says it’s not far off from the […] The post Missouri corn yields lag behind 2024 in some areas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Argentina says it is suspending grain and oilseed export taxes through October, likely boosting ag commodity sales. Argentina is, most years, the world’s largest exporter of soybean products, and has also been exporting more whole soybeans to China. That, combined with the lack of any positive ag […] The post Grain markets slide on Argentina export tax suspension appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A southwestern Illinois farmer says his harvest is likely all downhill from here. Dale Haudrich, who grows corn, soybeans, and cover crops in Monroe County, says his early planted crops have done well, but the late-season drought has made an impact. “Corn is running close to 200 bushels to the acre, I guess.” He says, […] The post Southwestern Illinois harvest likely downhill from here appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Crop development is slightly behind as harvest begins across Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says corn is 88 percent dented and 43 percent mature, both several percentage points behind the usual pace. Soybeans dropping leaves, at 46 percent, lags behind the five-year average of 62 percent. The corn for grain harvest is one percent […] The post Corn and soybean maturity behind schedule in Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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