Doug Collins, the U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, is at the Iowa State Fair today and helped kick off the fair’s annual Veterans Day Parade. “Look around for just a second. You don’t have any of this. You don’t have 250 years except somebody raised their hand and said: ‘I’m willing to go do what […] View Full Story
Corn export inspections remain on pace to meet USDA’s estimate for the current marketing year. The USDA says the top destinations for U.S. corn during the week ending August 13th were key trading partners Mexico and Japan, both of which import primarily for livestock feed usage. While sorghum and soybeans were both down on the […] The post Corn export inspections maintain strong push appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Cash dairy prices were mostly up Monday to start the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0050 to $0.6950. No sales were reported. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0025 to $1.5975. No sales were reported. Cheese barrels were up $0.0025 to $1.5650. No sales were reported. Butter was up $0.0125 to $1.4725. Twenty-one sales were reported ranging from […] The post Butter, nonfat dry milk lead higher cash dairy prices at CME Monday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A Boone man died and two young passengers were injured in an accident there Sunday evening. Officials say a 2019 Jeep Renegade, driven by 45-year-old Joshua Burns, was driving southbound on Story Street when Burns vehicle went over the curb on the west side of the road, entered into a ditch, before returning to the […] View Full Story
The Bruce L. Rastetter 4-H Exhibits Building at the Iowa State Fair has been a popular attraction for fairgoers this year. Iowa 4-H Foundation executive director Emily Saveraid says the facility is packed with thousands of high-quality projects. “It’s really the best of the best of what young people have been working on,” she said. […] The post Thousands of 4-H projects on display at Iowa State Fair appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A crop protection cropping systems specialist says Nebraska soybean growers are seeing varying levels of losses from the state’s top two insects. Justin McMechan with the University of Nebraska says soybean gal midge continues to impact yield potential. “This year it’s out there. It’s very abundant, but our soybeans are staying alive. The wet weather […] The post Insect pressure varies across Nebraska soybean fields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The funeral for the first woman to serve as a Sioux City police officer is today. Janell Armstrong died last Sunday at the age of 84. She grew up as Janell Daws on a farm in Willis, Nebraska and graduated from Sioux City Heelan High School in 1960, and then joined the Sioux City Police […] View Full Story
The US Trade Representative says expanding export opportunities for US agriculture remains a top priority for the Trump administration. Ambassador Jamieson Greer says previous trade policies focused too heavily on imports. “Including from adversaries like China,” he said. “President Trump has focused on reversing that. For the past year and a half, we’ve been really […] The post USTR Greer defends tariffs, pushes for more ag trade opportunities appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The vice president elect with the National Corn Growers Association says the proposed merger of two major rail companies is another example of consolidation impacting agriculture. “When the Surface Transportation Board started with this, there were 30 class one railroads and we’re down to six.” Bill Leigh, who farms in north-central Illinois, says he’s worried […] The post Proposed rail merger adds to ag consolidation concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says retaliatory tariffs on China for its theft of intellectual property are likely here to stay. During a visit to the Iowa State Fair, Greer noted the tariffs President Trump imposed on China in his first term were kept in place throughout President Biden’s four years in office and are […] View Full Story
