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Brownfield AG News
Dairy markets back-off ahead of the long weekend
A little selling ahead of the three-day weekend on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday. Cash cheese barrels were .75 cents lower, blocks down a half-cent and the June Class III contract dropped below $18 again, down 43 cents to close at...
Armyworm threat to Missouri fescue and wheat
Scouting is paramount, says a Missouri Extension entomologist, because true Armyworms have been found in fescue pastures and they are also threatening wheat crops. Wayne Bailey says Armyworms usually appear in fescue fields two weeks before being...
Black cutworms in MO a risk to young corn
While corn planting is late in many areas and emergence has just begun, growers should be mindful of the threat of black cutworms. Missouri Extension Entomologist Wayne Bailey says there have been sightings of black cutworms in Missouri. He’s not...
Lake bill would help address water issue
Four-million dollars in a budget bill sitting on Governor Nixon’s desk could help advance the creation of a new lake in north-central Missouri that supporters say would greatly benefit agriculture. House Ag Committee Chair Casey Guernsey...
Corn, soybeans mixed ahead of holiday weekend
Soybeans were mixed on old crop/new crop spread trade with markets and USDA closed Monday for Memorial Day. Old crop supplies remain extremely tight but the cash basis has been moving lower recently, pressuring July, and there’s increasing talk of...
Beef packers may start the week close to the knife
USDA Mandatory reported that negotiated cash cattle trades and demand was light in Nebraska and Iowa on Friday afternoon. In Nebraska a few dressed sales traded from 199.00 to 200.00, with a few up to 201.00. In Iowa a few dressed sales traded at...
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 24, 2013
Jul. corn closed at $6.57 and 1/4, down 4 and 3/4 cents Jul. soybeans closed at $14.76 and 1/4, down 23 and 1/4 cents Jul. soybean meal closed at $428.20, down $8.80 Jul. soybean oil closed at 49.24, down 42 points Jul. wheat closed at $6.97 and...
Dutch processor implicated in horsemeat scandal
The European horsemeat scandal is now focused on a processing plant in the Netherlands. The plant was raided in February and is now closed. The Dutch food safety authority says horse DNA was found in 21 percent of more than 150 beef samples from the...
MachineryLink philanthropic initiative supports local organizations
MachineryLink provides combine rental programs to growers across North America – a solution the company says “provides a more lucrative and logical alternative to combine ownership.” Recently, MachineryLink launched CommunityLink – a...
Farmers will share their perspectives on herbicide resistance
During the week of May 27th, Brownfield will be visiting several farms in Iowa to get the farmers’ perspectives on the issue of herbicide management in weeds. Stay tuned to your local Brownfield station for our reports and come back to this web...
Time to scout corn and wheat fields
It might be a holiday weekend, but Ohio State University Extension entomologist Ron Hammond says, insects don’t know that. So when it comes to corn, Hammond says growers should be scouting for Black Cutworm, especially considering the size of the...
Grassland Reserve Program sign-up
Sign-up deadline for the Grassland Reserve Program (GRP) is June 3 at either your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office or Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) office. The GRP is designed to assist landowners and operators to protect...
A wild two weeks in DC
It’s been a wild two weeks in DC. In just 14 days, we’ve wrestled with Farm Bill markups in both the House and Senate Agriculture Committees, a vaunted rush to complete the Senate Farm Bill on the floor, a bipartisan immigration reform bill –...
Agronomist: ‘This whole resistance thing really has me concerned’
Mark Carlton is a field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach in southeast Iowa. “For the past two or three years, we are seeing more and more waterhemp, giant ragweed and marestail—and after we make an application of a...
ISA official urges ‘proactive’ approach to weed management
Ed Anderson, director of supply and production systems with the Iowa Soybean Association (ISA), is excited about ISA’s new initiative to increase farmer awareness of herbicide resistance in weeds and offer advice on how to deal with it. “I think...
Friday midday cash livestock markets
Cattle country is slow to start following very scattered business yesterday. USDA Mandatory reported cattle trading was light in Western Nebraska and Iowa on Thursday on light to moderate demand. Live sales in Nebraska were 1.00 to 1.50 lower at...
Canada says COOL rule makes the situation worse
Canadians are not happy with USDA’s new Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) rules. The new rules, published in the Federal Register Friday are supposed to appease the Canadians and bring the U.S. into compliance with WTO rules but officials north of...
Assessing the weed resistance problem in Iowa
Just how serious is the issue of herbicide resistance in weeds in Iowa? “It’s increasing at an increasing rate,” says Iowa State University Extension weed scientist Mike Owen. And Owen says while farmer awareness of the issue is growing,...
A very warm pattern for the Corn Belt
Looking ahead, a slow-moving storm system over New England will continue to produce cool, breezy, showery weather into the Memorial Day Weekend. Additional precipitation totals of 1 to 2 inches can be expected in New England. Meanwhile, showers and...
Cool weather, wet fields across the Heartland
On the Plains, a chilly rain is falling across the central one-third of Montana, while strong thunderstorms are pounding south-central Texas in the vicinity of the Rio Grande. Elsewhere, cool, dry weather prevails, except for a return to...
Seger appointed to OSU Bd of Trustees
Stacie Seger, a junior in the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University has been appointed by Governor Kasich as the undergraduate student member of the Board of Trustees. The agricultural...
Hog production explained to restaurant execs
A Midwest hog farmer met with a group of restaurant executives in Arizona recently to answer their questions about modern farming practices.The meeting was set up by the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) with one of their four Faces of...
Managing herbicide resistance in weeds
The problem of herbicide resistant weeds is becoming more serious every year. On today’s Managing For Profit report, Iowa State University Extension weed scientist Mike Owen talks about some of the preventative steps that farmers need to begin...
