Farm News

Indiana 4-H members announced Supreme Drive Champions

Tuesday, August 13

Six Indiana 4-H members were named champions during the 2024 Indiana State Fair Supreme Drive. Sponsored by Indiana Farm Bureau, winning 4-H participants from each female breeding category went on to take part in the drive. The winners included: Supreme Champion Gilt: Mya Holderly,...

ISA Leadership Awards

Tuesday, August 13

Many people are Driven to Deliver for Iowa’s soybean farmers. On this latest episode of Seeds of Success, a leader with the Iowa Soybean Association discusses why it’s important for a farmer-led organization to recognize the meaningful contributions that are moving the industry forward. The...

Michigan Soybeans, Driven by Henry Ford

Tuesday, August 13

In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear how Henry Ford’s curiosity for the soybean paved the way for thousands of innovations. Michigan Soybean Committee’s John Burk joins us to discuss what farmers are doing now to connect the story. The post

Bankers and farmers are working through the tough times

Tuesday, August 13

Rose Oswald Poels with the Wisconsin Bankers Association tells Brownfield cash flow is very tight for most farmers, and agricultural bankers are seeing what the high cost of land, equipment and inputs coupled with low commodity prices has done to farmers’ balance sheets. She...

Close family welcomes all to Farm Technology Days

Tuesday, August 13

Wisconsin’s Farm Technology Days begins Tuesday with an emphasis on smaller equipment, hay & forage machinery, and drones. Jamie and Renee Close are hosting the event with daughter Taren and their neighbors at the Chippewa Valley Music Festival grounds. Jamie Close tells Brownfield the...

Iowa farmers take advantage of dry week

Monday, August 12

Iowa farmers spent a mostly dry week harvesting oats, cutting and baling alfalfa, and preparing for fall harvest. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says the oat harvest is 93 percent complete, one day ahead of last year and four days ahead of the five-year...

Heat and lack of moisture impacting corn in western Kansas

Monday, August 12

A western Kansas farmer says corn is being challenged by a lack of moisture. Clay Schemm tells Brownfield… “I’ve been seeing a lot of fields of corn getting plowed under and they might go back in with wheat on,” he says. “We’ve got a...

Tennessee crop conditions have improved, but concerns remain

Monday, August 12

The USDA says corn is maturing nicely, and soybeans and cotton are steadily progressing, but more rain is needed. Crop conditions have improved across the board, but concerns remain about yield outlook and prices headed into harvest. Corn is rated 55 percent good to...

Arkansas crops mostly good despite dry week

Monday, August 12

It was a mostly dry week for Arkansas farmers, with almost no rainfall but most crops are doing well. Twenty-seven percent of the corn is in excellent condition, with 52% in good and 17% in fair condition. Ninety-five percent of the corn is in...

Soybeans down on record crop, yield estimates

Monday, August 12

Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. The USDA is projecting a record large U.S. soybean crop with an all-time high for yield and higher acreage numbers, along with larger new crop U.S. ending stocks. The USDA says 68% of the U.S....

Minnesota crop condition and development variable

Monday, August 12

There’s a lot of variability in crop condition and development across Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension crops educator Dave Nicolai tells Brownfield recent rainfall patterns could make it even more pronounced. “Southern Minnesota and southwestern areas, a little more consistent than the southeast and...

Nebraska corn, soybean conditions nearly unchanged

Monday, August 12

A south-central Nebraska farmer says his crops are in good condition despite a lack of adequate moisture. Randy Uhrmacher tells Brownfield… “With the lack of rain we’ve had here lately that has helped dryland crops hang on a little longer,” he says. “It is...