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Wet and windy weather has made herbicide applications difficult for farmers like Nathan Collins in southwest Minnesota. “There’s challenges with that no doubt, because you want to get in (to spray) at an appropriate time and it’s inevitable (that) you have to spray and manage your weed pressure. Otherwise in the end (weeds) take away […] The post Adverse conditions for weed control appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The president of Wyffels Hybrids says he’s encouraged about seed production prospects this year. John Wyffels tells Brownfield… “July is always one of the most critical times of year from a pollination perspective.”  He says,” There’s clearly ample moisture. Temperatures are moderating here, so that’s exactly what we need for a strong pollination season.” He […] The post Wyffels Hybrids says seed production looks good appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Wisconsin’s Ag Road Improvement Program dollars are now going to local governments to repair or upgrade local road with weight restrictions. The bipartisan law authored by Representative Travis Tranel and Senator Howard Marklein allowed towns to use a simple application to apply for the special road improvement dollars, and Marklein says the first fifty-million has […] The post Wisconsin Ag Road Improvement dollars going out appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The U.S. corn condition rating dipped a little over the past week, while soybeans held steady. That followed another week of generally favorable development weather in much of the Midwest and Plains, while forecasts for this week show the potential for a hotter, drier stretch in some western growing areas that could cause stress to […] The post 67% of U.S. corn, 68% of soybeans good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

An ag economist says the latest Cattle on Feed report from the USDA isn’t showing any significant signs of expansion to the cattle herd. University of Tennessee’s Charley Martinez says the percentage of heifers on feed was relatively unchanged. “We have less animals compared to a year ago to be put into the feedyard,” he […] The post Economist says he’s still not seeing widespread expansion of the cattle herd appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.