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A northern Michigan cherry grower says farmers in the region are expecting to harvest a significantly smaller crop following a damaging frost this spring. Ben LaCross tells Brownfield a warmup at the ...
Grain bin safety is crucial. Missouri Soybeans has teamed up with Nationwide Insurance to offer grain bin rescue training to local fire departments and to donate two grain rescue tubes. Paul Stevenson ...
A Wisconsin Senator says a recent State Supreme Court decision might create more legal challenges on the state’s farms. Howard Marklein says the high court ruled in favor of Governor Tony Evers and ...
A farm business management instructor says farmers are asking about how to stay profitable while margins are tight. Kristina McVicker is with South Central College in Mankato, Minnesota. “It’s a ...
Frequent light rains have been beneficial to crops in most areas of Wisconsin. Jonathan Gibbs farms in the Fox Lake area and is also the current President of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. He ...
Susan Watkins tells Brownfield it’s a big focus of this week’s USB July Board meeting that’s being held in Virginia.
The vice president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association says Congressional action to approve nationwide, year-round E-15 is just the first step to expanding demand for the renewable fuel.
CHS has announced they will close their Superior, Wisconsin grain terminal this fall. The cooperative has notified the State of Wisconsin by letter, saying 23 laborers will be out of work September ...
A southwestern Illinois farmer says a wet spring has turned into a dry summer. “Believe it or not, we need rain.” Garrett Hawkins, who farms in Monroe County and serves as president of the Illinois ...
A west central Indiana farmer says he’s concerned early season rainfall will have long-term impacts on the 2025 crop. Kevin Cox says growth stages vary. “I’ve got crop conditions right now with stages ...
An ag economist says he’s concerned about the lack of progress surrounding recently announced trade agreements. Dan Basse is the president of AgResource Company. “The Chinese buy 24 to 30 million ...
The USDA raised its 2025 pork and broiler production projections, while cutting beef, turkey, and egg expectations. Beef production is now pegged at 26.188 billion pounds, 170 million less than June ...