Nicole Heslip

Cash dairy prices were higher Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange despite a higher dollar and somewhat lower global dairy trade. Dry whey was unchanged at $0.7450. Blocks up $0.0375 at $1.89. Seven trades were made from $1.83 to $1.86. Barrels up $0.0550 at $1.7850. Four sales were made from $1.76 to $1.7850. Butter up […]

The Protect Our Produce Coalition is calling on the incoming administration to provide relief to farmers impacted by mandated H-2A wages. Greg Bird with the Michigan Vegetable Council tells Brownfield farmers want a two-year freeze on the Adverse Effect Wage Rate so the federal program can be modernized. “We have a petition that we’re going […]

An Extension educator says spray drone adoption has lagged for non-row crop farmers. Michigan State University Extension’s Michael Reinke tells Brownfield, “Because most of the research in the past and the adoption has been in the field crops, they are still on the fence waiting to see data, waiting to see efficacy projects.” Reinke spends […]

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced seven additional states to participate in the agency’s National Milk Testing Strategy. The program launched at the beginning of December requires processing plants to test raw milk samples for highly pathogenic avian influenza to better track the virus. The agency says the first 13 states […]

Cash dairy prices were mixed at midweek on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ahead of the USDA’s milk production report and pressured by a higher dollar. Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.75. Three sales were made at $0.7450 and $0.75. Blocks unchanged at $1.86. Barrels unchanged at $1.7850. Butter down $0.01 at $2.51. One sale […]

An ag meteorologist says it likely won’t be a white Christmas for most growing regions across the Midwest.

The USDA’s Fertilizer Production Expansion Program is awarding $116 million in grants to eight new projects. Michigan Rural Development Deputy State Director Valarie Handy tells Brownfield nearly 70 percent of this week’s funding announcement has been allocated to the Michigan Potash Company. “We’re helping them to be able to expand the manufacturing processing that’s going […]

The U.S. House is expected to vote on another attempt to fund the government later today.

A handful of bills that could have benefited the state’s food and ag industry died Thursday after Michigan House lawmakers abruptly ended their session. Fourth-generation farmer and state senator Kevin Daley called the 29-hour-long session in his chamber an embarrassment. “I’ve got so much respect for this seat and being in this room, and it […]

December 20, 2024 By Nicole Heslip Filed Under: Checkoff program