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 Trump administration sent a letter to MDA earlier this month to announce it was freezing $129 million. “It’s tough to be kind of singled out […]
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The slumping ag economy has many farmers closely examining their soil fertility plans. Josh Stoller, southern Illinois region manager with Precision
Ethanol stocks rose to their largest levels in a number of months last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says the
An ag meteorologist says livestock will experience extreme cold stress through the weekend as Winter Storm Fern moves across the U.S.
The CEO of Clean Fuels Alliance America says the biofuels industry is awaiting more details about final guidance to implement the
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in Indiana for the first time in a month. The Indiana State Board of
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
A weather system that is forecasted to bring several inches of snow and ice is starting to impact next week’s cattle
U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the fight for year-round E15 isn’t over despite a federal solution being left out of the
The president of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association says mandatory Country of Origin Labeling isn’t the answer. Southeast Missouri cattle producer Jeff
