Variable crop development complicating fungicide timing decisions this year
A technical service manager says variable crop conditions could impact fungicide applications for corn. Adam Byrne with FMC says a wide range of planting dates has created uneven development. “If you […]
Extreme flooding prompts livestock reporting request from MO Ag Department
The Missouri Ag Department is asking residents in southeast Missouri affected by recent flooding to report missing or found livestock. Last Thursday night into Friday, portions of the Ozarks in […]
Cash dairy prices mixed to start the week
Cash dairy prices were mixed Monday to start the week at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was down $0.010 to $0.68. No sales were reported. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0525 to $1.60. Nine sales were reported ranging from $1.57 to $1.60. Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.56. One sale was reported at $1.56. Butter was down $0.010 to $1.64. Seventeen sales were recorded ranging […]
Anthracnose, tar spot among diseases spreading in eastern Iowa corn
An agronomist in eastern Iowa is seeing escalating disease pressure in corn. Kurt Maertens with BASF says there’s been ample moisture the past month. “Over the last 30 days we’ve […]
Missouri farmer welcomes China soybean purchases, says strong markets matter
A farmer in the Missouri Bootheel says it’s good to see China buying more U.S. soybeans. “I think what’s good for soybeans is good for cotton, what’s good for cotton […]
MO revises livestock import guidelines as New World screwworm situation evolves
The Missouri Ag Department has issued another update to its animal import guidelines for New World screwworm, due to the evolving NWS situation. Effective immediately, animals coming into Missouri from NWS adjacent […]
Strong residual program helping many farmers fight weeds in wet season
A technical service representative with BASF says the rainy spring and early summer has brought many growers weed control challenges. However, Jared Rosskamp, who’s based in Missouri, says farmers that […]
Iowa soybeans looking better as crop advances
An agronomist says soybean conditions are improving in west-central Iowa. Hoegemeyer’s Eric Solberg tells Brownfield, “They’ve just been kind of sitting idle for a little bit right after planting, but […]
Iowa Pork Celebrity Chef at 2026 Iowa State Fair
Brownfield’s Brent Barnett will be an Iowa Pork Celebrity Chef at 2026 Iowa State Fair The post Iowa Pork Celebrity Chef at 2026 Iowa State Fair appeared first on Brownfield […]
ACE Ethanol Conference
Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp covers the ACE Ethanol Conference. The post ACE Ethanol Conference appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story