A farmer near Janesville in south-central Wisconsin is optimistic going into harvest. Doug Rebout tells Brownfield corn and soybeans in the area look good. “They’re drying down (and) we’re figuring here another week, week and-a-half like the last week of September we will probably be starting our harvest here. Most of the corn silage is […]

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The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed the state’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy herd. NDA says the herd is located in central Nebraska and has been quarantined. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed that the strain of the virus is similar […]

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Corn silage harvest is wrapping up in some parts of Iowa. Mark Peterson farms near Stanton in the southwest corner of the state. “Anecdotally I heard a guy that had, he was going to bag four more silage jobs and they all disappeared overnight because the crop has dried so fast that it’s just too […]

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A farmer in west-central Minnesota says this summer has been too wet. Jamie Beyer and her husband grow soybeans, corn, alfalfa, and sugarbeets near Wheaton. “We are on day 54 of measurable rain, so it’s been very unusual. We’ve gotten 24 inches of precipitation (so) conditions are mucky already heading into fall.” She tells Brownfield […]

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