Farm News

MSU Pavilion receives major commitment from Michigan Farm Bureau

Thursday, December 5

The Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies is partnering with Michigan State University to expand the livestock pavilion on campus. Vice President of Marketing Deb Dansby with Michigan Farm Bureau Insurance tells Brownfield, “We have partnered with MSU under a 15-year agreement to infuse...

Subsoil moisture outlook for 2025

Thursday, December 5

Pictured: Iowa state climatologist Justin Glisan (Brownfield photo) The state climatologist for Iowa says he’s keeping a close eye on subsoil moisture profiles across the region. Justin Glisan with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says it’s an important factor for the...

Global trade could get more complex under incoming Trump administration

Thursday, December 5

The head of RaboReasearch Food and Agribusiness for North America says global food and ag trade could be more complex under the incoming Trump administration. Roland Fumasi says the proposed tariffs are a triple-negative and concerning to the economics of the food and ag...

Benefits of using sustainable ag practices

Thursday, December 5

A southwest Indiana farmer says more farmers should consider implementing sustainable ag practices. Don Villwock is the co-chair of Indiana Smart Agriculture. “For two years, we had conversations of how we need to improve practices to deal with our changing climate,” he says. He tells...

Concern ag workforce layoffs will continue

Thursday, December 5

There are concerns layoffs across the agriculture workforce will continue. Ag economist Christopher Pudenz with Iowa Farm Bureau says a 2024 study showed at least 23 ag-related businesses in Iowa have let more than 4,000 employees go through mid-September. “And fundamentally, the downturn that...

Farmer debt levels rising

Thursday, December 5

An ag economist at the University of Illinois says farmer debt levels in terms of dollars are rising. However, Nick Paulson says that’s mostly attributed to the modern cost of farming. “The assets that debt is using to finance is just becoming more costly...

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Ethanol exports down on month, holding record pace

Thursday, December 5

U.S. ethanol exports saw a 3% decline from September to October. The Renewable Fuels Association says October’s total of 143.5 million gallons were primarily to Canada and India, followed by the United Kingdom, South Korea, and Colombia. There were no reported shipments to Brazil,...

Cash dairy prices mostly steady to lower Thursday

Thursday, December 5

Cash dairy prices were mostly steady to lower Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey prices were unchanged at $0.7025. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0350 at $1.6650. Three sales were recorded at that price. Cheese barrels were down...

Sorghum producers looking to India as potential export opportunity

Thursday, December 5

India could soon be a market for U.S. grain sorghum producers. Adam York, CEO of the Kansas Grain Sorghum Commission, tells Brownfield there is an opportunity in India’s poultry feed sector. “Typically the Indian poultry sector has been able to readily purchase domestic Indian...

Pork export sales rise, beef dips

Thursday, December 5

The USDA says U.S. beef export sales notched a marketing year low for the second consecutive week. That was the combination of it being a holiday week and handful of major buyers canceling or reducing their weekly purchases and instead buying beef for 2025...

Wheat prices higher amid Russian quality concerns

Thursday, December 5

An ag economist says concerns over Russian wheat quality caused U.S. wheat futures to move higher Thursday. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says Russia’s winter wheat condition rating is sharply below year ago levels. “A private agency came out and said (Russia’s) winter wheat condition...