Cooperative program helping students find careers in agriculture
An Indiana-based cooperative program is helping recently graduated high school students find careers in agriculture. Jacey Wilhelm from Connersville says Keystone Cooperative’s Securing Experience and Employee Development, or SEED Professionals, […]
Duvall: famers have mixed feelings about more trade aid
The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers might need more federal assistance to make it through 2026. Zippy Duvall tells Brownfield “I’m beginning to hear in the […]
Duvall: farmers have mixed feelings about more trade aid
The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers might need more federal assistance to make it through 2026. Zippy Duvall tells Brownfield “I’m beginning to hear in the […]
Communication and Education Roles
Strengthening the reputation of soy in the U.S. and around the world. The soybean checkoff is investing in innovation, sustainability, and global demand to keep U.S. soy ahead in a […]
Troubling soybean demand outlook in Upper Midwest
Some farmers in the Upper Midwest might have fewer options for delivering new crop soybeans this fall. Southwest Minnesota farmer Bob Worth says basis levels in the region are anywhere […]
Dairy farmer calls on government to fix immigration, worker visas
A Western Wisconsin dairy farmer says government inaction is not helping the farm labor shortage. John Rosenow owns Rosenholm Dairy near Waumandee. He tells Brownfield the H-2A program does not […]
MO Attorney General pick familiar with ag issues
The new attorney general in Missouri says work on a Grain Belt Express investigation will continue when she takes office next month. “But when I switch over to the attorney […]
More time needed for Farm Bill 2.0
Part of the South Dakota Congressional Delegation says Congress might need more time to pass the Farm Bill 2.0. Dusty Johnson, who is on the House Ag Committee, says both […]
Agricultural credit conditions dip in second quarter
A policy advisor with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago says agricultural credit conditions were weaker in the second quarter of 2025 than last year. David Oppedahl tells Brownfield, “The […]
New SD oilseed crush plant on schedule to open at harvest
A new multi-seed crush facility coming online in southeast South Dakota this fall is starting to contract soybeans. “We have probably half of what we need so we need to […]