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Brownfield Ag News

• Kinnard Farm reaches settlement with Wisconsin DNR
• WPS Farm Show starts Tuesday
• Work out planter software kinks now
• Corn Refiners Association discusses ag bioeconomy hopes in the farm bill
• SD farmers expect later start to spring planting

Listen to the BrownField Ag reports on 95.9 the Legend (5:20 AM Managing For Profit, 6:00 AM Brownfield Ag Headlines, 11:05 AM Farm Break – Ag prices, 12:05 PM Farm Prices – Ag Prices, 1:05 PM Farm Break – Ag Prices)

USDA Agricultural Research Service

• Researchers Aim to Reduce Pesticide Drift in the Lower Mississippi Delta
• The Agricultural Research Service is Breeding a Better Potato for a Better Potato Chip
• Researchers Develop Sweetpotato Clones with Improved Insect Resistance and Weed Tolerance
• U.S. National Arboretum Offers Solution to Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Pest
• Bioluminescence May Shine Light on Roundworm Secrets

USDA Farm Service Agency

• USDA Reminds Dairy Producers of Nov. 20 Deadline
• USDA to Provide Agricultural Credit Training, Expand Opportunities for Farmer Veterans and Beginning Farmers
• FSA County Committee Elections to Begin; Producers to Receive Ballots Week of Nov. 9
• USDA Announces Commodity Credit Corporation Lending Rates for November 2015
• USDA Announces $210 Million to be Invested in Renewable Energy Infrastructure through the Biofuel Infrastructure Partnership

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service– Todays Reports

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service– Census of Agriculture

• USDA Releases 2018 Census of Agriculture Data for American Samoa, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and U.S. Virgin Islands
• USDA Releases 2018 Puerto Rico Census of Agriculture
• NASS releases Census of Agriculture Congressional District Profiles and Rankings
• USDA announces one week left to complete the 2017 Census of Agriculture
• United States Hog Inventory Up 3 Percent

USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service- News & Events

• USDA to host Data Users’ Meeting to gather public input on statistical programs
• Still time to respond to the 2022 Census of Agriculture, USDA to follow up with producers who have not yet responded
• United States cattle inventory down 3%
• 2022 Census of Agriculture due next week Feb. 6
• Corn and soybean production down in 2022, USDA reports Corn stocks down, soybean stocks down from year earlier Winter Wheat Seedings up for 2023

Nominate an individual or family from the Wabash Valley working in the field of agriculture to be recognized as a Hardworking Harvester.  If selected, we will feature this person/family on Good Day Live for their “growing” efforts to feed our community and the world.