February 11, 2021
By Tom Steever
The United Soybean Board is working with an international exchange program to enhance sustainability. The USB has partnered with the 72-year-old IFYE, formerly known as the International Farm Youth Exchange, to give soybean farmer leaders an international experience opportunity. IFYE connects sustainability to the ‘whys’ of international business dealings that create successful trade relationships, according […]
August 20, 2018
By admin
The 2018 Sale of Champions at the Missouri State Fair raised more than $195,350, a record amount. Maggie Cummins of Santa Fe exhibited the Grand Champion Barrow which sold for a record $38-thousand dollars. The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Mackenzie Mawson of Archie, a member of the Archie FFA. Her crossbred steer sold […]
April 23, 2013
By Tom Steever
The Izaak Walton League wants federal crop insurance subsidies to be re-coupled with conservation compliance. The organization and South Dakota conservation and agriculture leaders are meeting on Monday, April 29, to discuss tying federal farm payments to conservation practices. Until implementation of the 1996 Farm Bill, the provisions were linked, but the effort to get […]
August 20, 2012
By Tom Steever
AUDIO: Laurin Dilly (2 min. MP3) AUDIO: Troy Sloan (3 min. MP3) The Missouri State Fair Sale of Champions attracted a standing room only crowd Saturday and enriched not only those young people who showed winning livestock, but also those who will benefit from scholarships. The livestock exhibitors keep 70 percent of the sale price […]
May 26, 2011
By admin
Bruce Knight served as the chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service from 2002-2006. He now has his own consulting firm in Washington called Strategic Conservation Solutions. At a recent dairy producers conference in Omaha, Knight participated in a panel discussion entitled “Environmental Stewardship: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Today’s Dairy Producers.” Afterwards, Brownfield’s Ken Anderson […]
May 13, 2008
By Cyndi Young
It is Tom Steever’s turn to head east. For the past three weeks, a member of the Brownfield team has been in the Washington D.C. area. First Pete, for NAFB Washington Watch, then me for the Cross Species Emergency Preparedness Media Event at APHIS, and now Tom for the BASF media summit "Innovate 08, From […]
December 8, 2006
By Cyndi Young
For the past several Thanksgivings, I have written a list of things for which I am thankful. I did NOT do that this year. Instead, I have compiled a list of things for which I am thankful for NOT having/doing/being (you get the picture.) Here goes: I am thankful that I am NOT snowed in. […]