June 2, 2026

The importance of a safe and efficient beef supply chain. Nearly 70 attendees toured the nation’s largest feed lot and meat processing plant this week and got a first-hand look at how the segments work hand-in-hand. Ellie Schlipf is a cow-calf producer from Indiana. “The people that it takes to run that (the plant) blew […] The post From feedyard to packing plant: Understanding the beef supply chain appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The importance of a safe and efficient beef supply chain. Nearly 70 attendees toured the nation’s largest feed lot and meat processing plant this week and got a first-hand look at how the segments work hand-in-hand. Ellie Schlipf is a cow-calf producer from Indiana. “The people that it takes to run that (the plant) blew […] The post From feedyard to packing plant: Understanding the feef supply chain appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, drier-than-normal weather should be limited to northern New England. The post Early-season warmth, heat for most; increased rainfall chances for most areas of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, dry weather covers the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, showers and thunderstorms dot the remainder of the Midwest. Early Monday, some of the heaviest rain is affecting the middle Mississippi Valley. Although Midwestern growing conditions remain mostly favorable for corn and soybeans, short-term dryness developed during May in parts of the northern […] The post Welcome rains on parts of the Plains; temps moderate to seasonal warmth across the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Wisconsin farmer says modern corn hybrids are outperforming old varieties by a long shot. Mike Berget grows crops in western Wisconsin near River Falls and tells Brownfield that science has led to much better corn. “The old adage of knee high by the Fourth of July, it’s kind of more like knee high by […] The post Modern genetics, fertility make the old “knee high” saying obsolete appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story