The USDA is projecting lower hay harvested area in 2024. That’s due to a decline in planted area caused by the ongoing drier than normal conditions in several states. The harvested area ...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/hay-harvested-area-expected-to-decline/
The USDA expects farmers to plant fewer acres of corn and more acres of soybeans in 2024. Corn planted area is projected at 90.036 million acres, at the low end of pre-report guesses and 5% ...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/usda-corn-acres-down-soybeans-up-in-2024/
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says the recent detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle took the ag industry by surprise. “After eight years of avian flu being a bird si...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/grassley-surprised-by-hpai-detection-in-dairy-cattle/
An Iowa Soybean Association director says soy is a valuable protein source. April Hemmes tells Brownfield soybeans are packed with other nutrients including B vitamins, fiber, iron, calcium ...
Recent low pressure systems dropped some much-needed precipitation across parts of the Corn Belt. Eastern Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge says his farm received significant snowfall. “We did...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/iowa-farmer-has-never-seen-it-this-dry-before/
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says funding continues to be a major holdup in farm bill negotiations. “We’re still waiting for the House and Senate to put on the table what they are looking at...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/vilsack-points-to-ccc-as-potential-farm-bill-solution/
John Deere says it’s laying off 317 production employees at its Waterloo, Iowa facilities. In a statement to Brownfield, company officials said the indefinite layoffs are effective April 2...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/john-deere-announces-waterloo-layoffs/
A leader with the Iowa Soybean Association says Southeast Asia is a growing market for US soybeans. ISA President Suzanne Shirbroun says the region has helped put more value into soy exports...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/isa-president-discusses-us-soys-role-in-southeast-asia/
It’s going to be a dry start to planting for Iowa. The USDA says the second half of March did bring precipitation and cooler temperatures to much of the state, but more than 90% of Iowa ra...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/iowa-expected-to-be-dry-for-start-of-planting/
An ag economist suggests Thursday’s Prospective Plantings report could spark volatility in the grain markets. Chad Hart with Iowa State University says recent private estimates indicate th...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/size-of-planted-acreage-shift-could-generate-volatility/
A state climatologist says severe weather preparedness is important for farmers and ranchers. Justin Glisan with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says being aware can ...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/preparing-your-farm-for-severe-weather/
Placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots surged in February. The USDA says February placements were larger than expected, up 10% on the year at 1.793 million head, due to generally better wea...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/cattle-placements-up-sharply-in-february/
A south-central Iowa farmer is preparing to begin spring fieldwork. Warren Bachman of Osceola says all his fertilizer was applied in the fall. “Basically other than changing the oil in a...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/iowa-farmer-gearing-up-for-spring-fieldwork/
Some areas of the Corn Belt could soon receive some much-needed precipitation. Justin Glisan, state climatologist for the Iowa Department of Agriculture, says a more active storm track is ex...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/rain-on-the-way-climatologist-says/
A turkey processing plant in eastern Iowa has announced 260 workers will be laid off beginning next month. West Liberty Foods says it’s discontinuing its ready-to-eat slicing operations in...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/west-liberty-foods-to-cut-260-jobs-in-eastern-iowa/
Midwestern farmers using soil health practices can take part in research projects focused on nitrogen use and cover crops this growing season. PRACTICAL FARMERS OF IOWA senior research manag...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/practical-farmers-of-iowa-seeking-on-farm-research-participants/
One lawmaker says farm bill work needs to pick up steam in Congress. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says the clock is ticking. “If we don’t get a bill out of committee by March or early Apr...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/grassley-says-producers-need-a-new-five-year-farm-bill/
The Iowa DNR says the 1500 tons of liquid nitrogen fertilizer that spilled into a southwest Iowa river on Monday has now reached Missouri. In a press release, the agency says cleanup efforts...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/southwest-iowa-fertilizer-spill-reaches-missouri/
U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says the closure of a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in central Iowa was a shock to the livestock industry. “I am very sad to see those jobs go. We have about 13...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/ernst-saddened-by-tyson-foods-pork-plant-closure/
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says agricultural trade is one of his biggest concerns in 2024. “I don’t think this administration has a trade policy,” he said in a press call with farm re...
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/grassley-says-decline-in-u-s-ag-trade-is-unacceptable/