Petersen defends MDA record amid USDA threat to halt federal funding
The head of the Minnesota Department of Agriculture is trying to make sense of why USDA has threatened to freeze funding for the state. Commissioner Thom Petersen tells Brownfield the […]
Mixed prices, no cash dairy sales Thursday
Cash dairy prices were mixed and no products were sold Thursday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.7350. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.01 at $1.35. No sales were recorded. Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.3575. No sales were recorded. Butter […]
Greg Christy
Northwestern College President
Sioux Center Moves Forward with $5–6 Million Wastewater Expansion Project
The Sioux Center City Council has voted to move forward with a major wastewater system expansion, sending the project out to bid after hearing from engineers who say the city’s […]
Expectations of heavy snowfall and extreme cold trigger sale cancellations
A weather system that is forecasted to bring several inches of snow and ice is starting to impact next week’s cattle sales in parts of the country. Tony Hancock is […]
Charging Battery Believed to Be Cause of Sibley House Fire
A Sibley home has been left uninhabitable after a fire on Tuesday night, January 20th, with a charging laptop battery believed to be the cause. According to Sibley Fire Chief […]
Iowa’s Hinson says E15 certainty still within reach despite congressional setback
U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the fight for year-round E15 isn’t over despite a federal solution being left out of the House funding bill. During a press call Thursday morning, […]
Cattle producer says voluntary labeling is a better option than mandatory COOL
The president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says mandatory Country of Origin Labeling isn’t the answer. Southeast Missouri cattle producer Jeff says, “We don’t need the government stepping in and taking an idea and manipulating it as something […]
New water quality monitoring contract approved for Iowa lakes
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission has approved a new three-year contract for monitoring the water quality in the state’s lakes. DNR environmental specialist Dan Kendall says the contract continues the […]
PTx showcases breakthrough in seed orientation
A breakthrough in seed orientation. Caleb Schleder, North American director of marketing with PTx, says it was once thought that achieving ideal seed orientation at scale when planting corn was […]