A farmer in south central South Dakota says widespread dryness has been good for spring fieldwork, but not good for winter wheat emergence. Bryan Jorgensen says “it went in last fall very dry. We haven’t had significant moisture since September. The winter wheat crop never emerged and it still hasn’t emerged yet although it is […] The post Dry conditions likely to affect wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

When farmers plant DEKALB® corn products, they also can benefit from many other products and services from the brand and Bayer Crop Science.  In this episode of Managing for Profit, DEKALB Product Manager Seth Erwin discusses these resources and how they help maximize performance. The post Farmer Benefits of Planting DEKALB® Brand Products appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

A Missouri Bootheel farmer started planting corn and soybeans this week, striving to make decent progress ahead of weekend rains. “We should be between 10 to 20 percent planted by the end of the week.” Barry Bean says good soil moisture should give the crops a solid start. “Enough moisture so we needed to dry […] The post Corn and soybean planting starts in MO Bootheel appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Across the Corn Belt, a nearly stationary frontal boundary separates chilly weather in the Great Lakes region from mild conditions farther south and west.  Spotty precipitation, mainly light rain, is falling in the vicinity of the front.  Wednesday morning’s temperatures broadly fell below 20°F in northern sections of Minnesota and Wisconsin. On the Plains, mostly […] The post A typical, early-spring weather pattern covers most of the Nation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Several ag organizations say a proposal from the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office to impose fees on Chinese-built ships would harm U.S. agriculture. “The consequences would basically be little, if any, ag exports from the United States,” says Chuck Conner with the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. A proposal from the Trump administration under Section 301 would impose […] The post Ag exports at risk if fees imposed on Chinese-built ships appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Private estimates are coming in ahead of USDA’s Prospective Plantings report at the end of the month. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield they surveyed growers across the U.S. and found more than half of respondents plan to grow more corn and less soybeans. “From that and then from personal conversations (with farmers) we ended […] The post AgMarket.Net acreage estimates put corn over 95 million appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The USDA says the placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots fell sharply in February. 1.554 million cattle were placed onto feed in February, a drop of 18% on the year. That was despite the U.S. reopening the border to imports of live cattle from Mexico after a pause following the discovery of New World screwworm. […] The post February cattle placements drop on the year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

U.S. pork export sales notched a marketing year low for the second week in a row. The USDA says most of the usual weekly buyers made purchases during the week ending March 17th, with Mexico leading the way, but there were some reductions to those purchases, and there were no new sales to China. Wheat […] The post New marketing year lows for pork, wheat export sales appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.