A beef feedlot management specialist says extreme heat and environmental conditions created the potential for significant cattle losses at some South Dakota feedlots. “It’s certainly been a tough week to be a cattle feeder in South Dakota,” says Warren Rusche, South Dakota State University Extension. Heat index values exceeded 120 degrees across parts of the […]
The post Heat stress causes cattle losses at South Dakota feedlots appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
The USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has issued an interim final rule to clarify that most wetland determinations made since late
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. Near-term weather forecasts look non-threatening in many key growing areas. Longer-term outlooks
CORN BELT AWARD & SCHOLARSHIP Brownfield and Wyffels Hybrids are partnering to present the Corn Belt Award to high school student
Brownfield and Wyffels Hybrids are partnering to present the Corn Belt Award to high school students who demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities,
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, supported by oversold signals, waiting on direct business to develop.
A divide is growing over farm labor reforms under consideration in Congress. National Potato Council CEO Kam Quarles tells Brownfield the
The deputy secretary with the USDA says the agency is well into implementing its announced reorganization plans. Stephen Vaden says the
Sep. corn $4.49, down 9 and 1/2 centsAug. soybeans $11.78, down 34 centsAug. soybean meal $315.30, down $5.00Aug. soybean oil 69.17,
The USDA says it is working with farmers and ranchers to improve its data collection process. Dr. Scott Hutchins, Undersecretary for
