Dr. Shalamar Armstrong with Purdue University says rotating cover crops helps the cash crops because of how they break down and how they store and release nitrogen. Continue reading Rotating cover crops helps the cash crop rotation at Brownfield Ag News.
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Dec 17
Federal agencies face partial shutdowns
Several U.S. government agencies including the USDA and EPA might shut down non-essential operations later this week. Congress is expected to take up an appropriations bill to fund government functions, but President Trump has threatened to veto it unless it has funding for the Mexico border wall. A similar shutdown happened in 2013, where non-essential …
Dec 17
Genetics, testing cooperatives plan to merge
Two livestock genetics cooperatives plan to merge early next year. The boards of directors for Wisconsin based East Central/Select Sires and Michigan based NorthStar Cooperative unanimously agreed to pursue the merger starting May 1st if their memberships vote in favor of the move. The new business would be called CentralStar Cooperative Inc. The two businesses …
Dec 17
USDA’s broadband program will help rural Americans
American Farm Bureau President Zippy Duvall says the USDA’s $600 million grant and loan program couldn’t have come at a better time. He says the USDA is bringing rural Americans one step closer to high-speed communications equality with the rest of the country. Purdue University Ag Economist Wally Tyner says internet connectivity must continue to …
Dec 17
A farm ID’d in romaine outbreak recalls other products
The FDA has traced a multi-state outbreak of E. coli in romaine lettuce to a farm in Santa Barbara, California but says other farms could still be implicated. It says a positive sample result for the outbreak strain was found in an irrigation reservoir on a farm owned and operated by Adam Brothers Farming but …
Dec 17
Fort Wayne Farm Show
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Simpson will be on the ground at the Fort Wayne Farm Show January 15 at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Continue reading Fort Wayne Farm Show at Brownfield Ag News.
Dec 17
2018 Farm Bill changes help hemp producers
A Wisconsin Farm Bureau official says the farm bill package sent to President Trump opens the door for legal industrial hemp production without a state pilot program. Rob Richard says, “It’s a really exciting time for people who want to diversify and do something different in farming if they’re not making money doing something else.” Richard …
Dec 17
2019 Missouri Governor’s Ag Conference preview
The upcoming 2019 Governor’s Conference on Agriculture has been designed with farmers in mind. Missouri Agriculture director Chris Chinn and her staff toured the state last year, in lieu of a conference, to find out what Missouri farmers wanted, “The one thing that we heard, loud and clear, was that it was really hard for …
Dec 17
What’s healthy about cherries?
About five U.S. states produce both sour and sweet cherries and both are a good source of vitamin C. Cherries also have fiber. And, like other fruits, have antioxidants that can help prevent cancer and other diseases. Mollie Woods with the Cherry Industry that represents cherry growers in Michigan and Wisconsin says talks about the …
Dec 17
Cattle disease traceability discussion is gaining traction
The discussion about disease traceability is gaining traction in the cattle industry. Cattle groups across the U.S. are watching the progress of the Kansas cattle ID pilot project called CattleTrace. Brandon Depenbusch with Innovative Livestock Services is one of the leaders of the Kansas effort. He says one of the questions cattlemen ask is, “what’s …