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Federal proposal would bring black vulture relief

The director of commodity programs and food systems with the Illinois Farm Bureau says a re-introduced federal proposal would make it easier for farmers and ranchers to control federally protected black vultures. Tasha Bunting tells Brownfield the birds are predators ...
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Patience when dealing with downed corn

The agronomy education lead with Beck’s Hybrids says some crops have been hampered by recent storms. In a recent Illinois Soybean Association webinar, Matt Montgomery says vulnerable corn crops were the most impacted. “We did have some pretty windy ...
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Southern Illinois farmer switching acres; thankful for dry stretch

A southern Illinois farmer says 2025 will go down as the most challenging of his farming career. “You know, I don’t have much corn planted. This is probably the least amount of corn I’ve ever planted.” Granvil Travis, who ...
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Illinois corn improves; beans decline

The USDA says most Illinois farmers have finished planting, and their crops are doing well. Massac County farmer Granvil Travis in far southern Illinois is not one of them. “We’re only about half planted.”  He says, “We’re having to ...
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2024 RMA yields trigger some farm safety net payments

A professor of farm management at the University of Illinois says the recently released 2024 yield data from the Risk Management Agency will trigger farm safety net payments for some farmers. Gary Schnitkey says some areas of Illinois should ...
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Tar spot prevalent in 5 Iowa counties

A southwest Iowa farmer says he’s concerned about tar spot now that the crop disease has been detected in a nearby county. Ray Gaesser of Adams County tells Brownfield, “We are monitoring it. There was some in Audubon County ...
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Northern Iowa rains eliminate drought concerns

A north-central Iowa farmer says a wetter than normal June has made it difficult to get some field work done. Brent Renner tells Brownfield the week of June 23rd was especially wet. “A lot of four-inch reports and some ...
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Weeds prevalent in northern Iowa

A north-central Iowa farmer says weed pressure has been a mixed bag this year. Brent Renner tells Brownfield every field has been different on his farm. “Depending on what you experience for planting conditions,” he said. “We had some ...
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Corn and soybeans above average, southwest Iowa farmer says

A southwest Iowa farmer says recent rains came at the right time. Ray Gaesser raises soybeans and corn in Adams County and tells Brownfield his area received up to seven inches of rain within the last week. “We were ...
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Iowa Soybean Association touts bump in biodiesel demand

A farmer-director with the Iowa Soybean Association says biodiesel demand has been increasing. “Nine years ago, we were trying to beg people to use our product,” said Dave Walton, a soybean farmer from eastern Iowa. Walton says different parts ...
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Iowa farmer anticipates slow expansion of U.S. cattle herd

An eastern Iowa crop and livestock producer anticipates a slow rebuilding of the U.S. cattle herd. Billie Danner, who grows corn, soybeans, and has a contract cattle feeding operation near West Liberty, says cattle inventories are at their lowest ...
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Conditions favorable for disease pressure in north Iowa

A north Iowa corn and soybean farmer is concerned weather conditions are favorable for disease pressure. Chris Edgington of Saint Ansgar says June was wetter than normal. “Soybeans especially do not like wet feet, and they’ve got wet feet ...
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