Senate hearing highlights struggles of specialty crop growers & needed farm bill improvements

The market manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says he’s hearing early reports of Alfalfa weevil pressure.  Tony Hancock tells

Direct cash cattle trade activity was relatively quiet Friday, with a few deals reported in the South.  For the week, live

The principal atmospheric scientist with Nutrien Ag Solutions says he’s expecting a volatile next few weeks of weather. Eric Snodgrass tells

A farmer in south-central South Dakota says the farm received some much-needed moisture ahead of the Easter weekend. Bryan Jorgensen tells

The University of Wisconsin is asking farmers and custom operators to share information about custom services. Economics professor Paul Mitchell tells

Some Missouri farmers made some early planting progress ahead of the recent rains. Jay Fischer in central Missouri says there’s some

A professor at Iowa State University says higher prices for diesel fuel are expected to  impact the bottom line for farmers

A new report by the American Biogas Council shows the number of U.S. farms capturing biogas has more than doubled the

Listen to Compeer’s Economic Minute Podcast as Megan Roberts, Agriculture Economist with Compeer Financial, talks with Brownfield about the changes we