More demand needed to help with commodity prices
Lower corn and soybean prices are attracting some new export demand, but an extension economist at the University of Missouri says there hasn’t been as much demand as expected yet, […]
Commercial milk production grows amid war in Ukraine
A dairy educator says Ukraine’s dairy industry is making strides to grow despite the ongoing war. Michigan State University Extension’s Phil Durst has been working with the Association of Milk […]
CME cash dairy market steady to higher Tuesday
Cash dairy prices were steady to higher Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.5650. Two sales were reported at that price. Forty-pound cheese blocks were […]
Active summer land sale season a surprise
The vice president of an Illinois-based farmland brokerage says land values are holding steady at near record levels in a surprisingly active market. Elizabeth Strom, with Murray Wise & Associates, […]
Historic Ohio drought has intensified, what next?
Ohio State’s climatologist says drought conditions are impacting crop performance. Aaron Wilson tells Brownfield… “A lot of the impacts that we’re hearing across Southeast Ohio are poorly filling soybean pods, […]
Christina Postma
Crittenton Center
Former Webster City chamber worker faces prison after alleged probation violation
There’s more legal trouble for a former employee of a north-central Iowa chamber of commerce, who was originally charged after more than $200,000 vanished. Leah Mulholland of Webster City was […]
Grants help schools buy local food
Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig says the final round of Local Food for Schools grants are out for this year. “What this is all about is providing some small […]
PTI research shows high yield management brings consistent profitability
The lead commercial agronomist with Precision Planting says managing for high yields is the best way to increase farm profitability. Jason Webster says their research conducted at the PTI farm, […]
Karinna Tel named GPAC Women’s Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week
Karinna Tel of Dordt University is this week’s GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women’s Soccer Offensive Player-of-the-Week. Tel, a junior, from Puyallup, Washington, tallied two goals as the Defenders opened its season […]
