“Getting healthy” is often near the top of the list of New Year’s Resolutions. There is an equal need for soil to be healthy. The new year is a great opportunity to set goals for getting your soil healthy, which can help with managing extreme weather, it can increase profitability and it can sequester carbon. …
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Jan 04
Shutdown complicates work of ag economist
The government shutdown is complicating the work of agricultural economists like Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois. “Well I’m a fundamentalist, so I like to see the USDA data come in. I do projections on what I think is going to happen, and whether you like it or not the market moves off USDA …
Jan 04
Michigan Farm Bureau says lame duck was a success
Michigan’s largest farm organization says the legislature’s lame duck session was very productive for agriculture. Matt Smego with Michigan Farm Bureau tells Brownfield reforms to the state’s wetland program better align it to the federal program. “It now directly correlates Michigan’s wetland definitions to the Waters of the United States definition.” Smego says other bills benefiting …
Jan 04
Midwest Winter Production Conference
Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be on the ground for the Midwest Winter Production Conference at George Washington Carver Farm in Jefferson City Feb. 11 and 12. Continue reading Midwest Winter Production Conference at Brownfield Ag News.
Jan 04
Special Reports Cat
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Jan 04
Preparing for the 2019 growing season
An agronomist says this is the time of year farmers should be finalizing their agronomic decisions for the upcoming year. In this Managing for Profit, agronomist Bob Nielsen talks about how producers can be preparing for the 2019 growing season, now. AUDIO: Managing for Profit, Bob Nielsen Continue reading Preparing for the 2019 growing season …
Jan 03
MOSES pleased with organic segments of Farm Bill
The director of the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES) says their goals for the 2018 Farm Bill line up well with the final version. John Mesko tells Brownfield MOSES spent more than a year advocating for increased funding through the Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative segment of the farm bill. “We wanted …
Jan 03
Cargill 2nd quarter net earnings down 20%
Cargill reports net earnings dropped 20 percent in the second quarter of fiscal 2019. Cargill chairman Dave MacLennan says political and marketplace headwinds hurt many units, particularly protein and food ingredients. The privately held company showed net earnings of $741 million as of November 30th, a 20 percent decline from $924 million during the same …
Jan 03
OCM: GIPSA ruling disappoints but glad USDA will revisit
The executive director of the Organization for Competitive Markets, OCM, says they’re disappointed an appeals judge has sided with the USDA in its decision to pull GIPSA rules. Joe Maxwell tells Brownfield Ag News without those rules, livestock producers are bound by the Packers and Stockyards Act without any recourse when harmed, unlike any other industry, …
Jan 03
USDA SNAP proposal could face opposition from House Democrats
House Democrats could stand in the way of a USDA effort to tighten the ability of states to grant work waivers to SNAP recipients. Agri-Pulse reports a package of new rules that must be approved by the full House after Democrats assume control of the chamber today Thursday includes a provision to explore all legal …
