A seed specialist says farmers should take advantage of the good weather to harvest good quality soybeans. Jeff Renk with Renk Seed tells Brownfield many farmers were combining in September, and there are usually twelve good harvest days in October for soybeans but the weather becomes challenging the later it...

Corn harvest has wrapped up for central Kansas farmer Paul Penner. “There have been some surprises and disappointments because depending on the rainfall that occurred during the growing season. For instance, we had 11 inches of rain in one week’s time and that did impact yields on certain fields. Other...

Wisconsin has three new cases of avian influenza in the past three weeks. The Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says the newest case is a backyard flock in Racine County involving eight birds confirmed October 9th. DATCP officials tell Brownfield the flock consisted of chickens, ducks, and a...

The president of AgResource Company says the ongoing government shutdown is disrupting key USDA data that’s important to the market. Dan Basse says traders are already looking at the Brazilian crop.  “USDA export and sales data is very important, he says. “We’re not seeing daily export sales, so we’re not...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected in a commercial meat duck facility in Elkhart County, Indiana. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says 3,500 birds will be depopulated and an approximately 6.2-mile control area with a more than 12-mile surveillance zone in portions of LaGrange, Elkhart, and Noble...