Month: March 2023

A provider of livestock ventilation equipment says keeping fresh air moving around calf pens is more challenging than ventilation in a barn full of cows, [Read More]

Jeremy Williams is with American Droan. He tells Brownfield the equipment is changing, the payloads are changing, and the batteries are getting better. He also [Read More]

A Minnesota farmer that needed more timely spray applications is now helping other farmers solve the same problems. John Dieball John Dieball is a farmer [Read More]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the only thing clear about the Waters of the United States rule is its uncertainty.  During a committee hearing [Read More]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher supported by the week’s sharply higher cash business and stronger cutout values.  April live [Read More]

May corn closed at $6.60 and 1/2, up 11 centsMay soybeans closed at $15.05 and 1/2, up 31 centsMay soybean meal closed at $466.00, up [Read More]

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying, cementing strong weekly gains. Planted area came out at 87.5 million acres, up slightly on the [Read More]

A southern Illinois farmer says he is feeling more pressure to produce strong crops this season. Mark Krausz of New Baden tells Brownfield margins will [Read More]

Farmers made more in February than January while paying steady money. The USDA’s index of prices received was 1.7% higher as gains in corn, soybeans, [Read More]

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation that aims to increase domestic energy production, reduce regulatory burdens, and streamline energy infrastructure and exports. House [Read More]