An agronomist says farmers are able to reduce crop pests and diseases while improving crop health and yields by analyzing plant sap. Rachelle Moss from Advancing Eco Agriculture tells Brownfield they look for a balance of twenty-three essential nutrients in the plant. “To prevent different pests, we can look at specific things like high levels […]

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Soybeans were mixed, mostly modestly higher, adjusting spreads. Unknown destinations 192,350 tons of 2025/26 U.S. beans ahead of the open. The eventual destination of that will be watched closely as China has apparently met its initial purchase target of 12 million tons. The trade’s monitoring near-term rain chances in Argentina and Brazil. ABIOVE has Brazil’s […]

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At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures closed mixed, continuing to wait for widespread direct cash business and Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed report. February live cattle were down $.72 at $232.37 and April was $.12 lower at $234.82. March feeders were $.10 lower at $359.27 and April was down $.17 at […]

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Legislation is moving through Wisconsin’s capitol that would help new veterinarians pay off school loans if they treat large and small animals in rural parts of the state.  Jo-Ell Carson with the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association tells Brownfield it’s hard to attract new veterinarians to underserved areas because the business model for traveling vets is […]

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