USDA and Michigan State University Extension are collaborating to create more comprehensive resources for beginning farmers. USDA Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Coordinator for Michigan Aimee Swenson tells Brownfield, “I get calls, emails several times a week— How do I get started? What do I need?” “The goal is to try to get folks to where […]
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A livestock economist says the slowdown in beef cow slaughter could be a sign that herd liquidation is coming to an
The agronomy education lead with Beck’s Hybrids says some crops have been hampered by recent storms. In a recent Illinois Soybean
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The final crop insurance planting date for soybeans has passed in the Eastern Corn Belt, but an agronomist says farmers still
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(Brownfield file photo – Credit: Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A fuel economist says tensions in the Middle East have impacted the price of
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The executive director of Feeding Indiana’s Hungry says the Senate parliamentarian’s decision to remove cuts from the Supplemental Nutrition Program out
