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Jun 24
USDA changes cover crop use rule to help alleviate forage shortage
USDA Risk Management Agency Director Martin Barbre explains a recent rule change allowing farmers to better utilize cover crops for forage while strengthening their bottom line and their feed supply. Continue reading USDA changes cover crop use rule to help alleviate forage shortage at Brownfield Ag News.
Jun 21
FAPRI-MU monitoring the market
The director of The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI-MU) at the University of Missouri says they’ve been monitoring the market situation. Pat Westhoff says they are also, “Trying to figure out the late planting and so on this spring is actually going to mean. We won’t actually do a formal update of our …
Jun 21
Feed ingredient supplier extra cautious because of African swine fever
A feed ingredient supplier is taking every precaution to prevent the introduction of African swine fever on American soil. Nathan Horn with BioMatrix International says the company has become “extra diligent” as the disease spreads throughout Asia and parts of Europe. “We ensure we have no product from China that we’re marketing, which we haven’t. …
Jun 21
CRP options to re-enroll or extend expiring contracts
The USDA says farmers and ranchers with expiring CRP contracts can now re-enroll in certain continuous practices. A one-year extension is being offered to those with expiring CRP contracts of 14 years or less whose practices are not eligible for re-enrollment. They can also enroll in the Transition Incentives Program. The USDA’s Farm Service Agency …
Jun 21
Perdue is doing his job, Mr. Kind
“This seems to be a one-man operation in Bob Lighthizer,” a frustrated Rep. Ron Kind (D, WI) recently observed of the White House’s Hill juggernaut to educate/mollify Democrats as President Trump pushes for congressional approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by August. “Where’s the agriculture secretary for crying out loud?” He’s busy doing his job, …
Jun 21
Narrower rows, more seeds recommended on late soybeans
A soybean specialist says there are management practices that might add yield to late-planted soybeans. Bill Wiebold at the University of Missouri tells Brownfield soybeans planted the third week in June have likely lost a quarter of their potential yield, depending on what happens in August. “Obviously it’s hard to predict that,” Wiebold told Brownfield …
Jun 21
New pilot program aims to control feral swine populations
USDA agencies, private landowners and stakeholders have joined together to control and eradicate feral swine populations through a farm bill-based pilot program. Kevin Norton with USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) says they have teamed up with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to offer $75 million in funding for the new Feral …
Jun 21
U.S. Senator Todd Young roundtable discussion
U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) will meet with more than a dozen agriculture stakeholders for a roundtable discussion in Indianapolis Friday, June 21. The roundtable is hosted by the Indiana Soybean Alliance and the Indiana Corn Growers Association. Amie Simpson with Brownfield will be there! Continue reading U.S. Senator Todd Young roundtable discussion at Brownfield …
Jun 21
Committing to no-till farming: “Trying doesn’t get the job done.”
By the time his corn crop would normally be chest-high, Brian Roemke’s farm was less than 10 percent planted. That’s the most-repeated story across the Corn Belt for the 2019 planting season, but for Roemke, it’s an opportunity. “When you’re given lemons, you make lemonade,” he said. Roemke recalls the 2015 planting season when he …