The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director says dairy farms could be quarantined following positive HPAI milk testing results. Michigan was one of the first states to participate in USDA’s raw milk testing pilot program last month to better track highly pathogenic avian influenza. State Ag Director Tim Boring tells Brownfield, “We’re moving […]
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Pictured: Iowa farmer Nathan Anderson at the 2025 Practical Farmers of Iowa conference in Des Moines (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) Farmers
The USDA is calling for better milk prices and reduced supplies this year. In its latest supply and demand report, the
Farmers should rethink some strategies to improve profitability in 2025. University of Illinois farm management specialist Gary Schnitkey says farmers should consider
The USDA raised its 2025 red meat production outlooks, while cutting the guesses for poultry and eggs. Beef production is now
The U.S. produced more cotton and rice in 2024 than 2023. The USDA says upland cotton production was 13.946 million bales,
The president of the Illinois Hemp Growers Association says the extension of the 2018 Farm Bill means their industry can continue
Cash dairy prices were steady to lower again Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey remains unchanged at $0.74. One sale
U.S. farmers planted more winter wheat. The USDA says all major types saw higher acreage on some expectations for improved export
U.S. grain and oilseed stocks on December 1st, 2024 were mostly up on the year. Corn was the exception at 12.074
