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An agronomist says soybeans grown in the Upper Midwest could be susceptible to iron deficiency chlorosis. Brian Ternus with Mustang Seeds tells Brownfield IDC happens when the crop cannot take up enough iron. “A lot of times with the pH being above 7 kind of forms some free carbonates in there that interfere with the The post High soil pH could trigger iron deficiency chlorosis in soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Hot, dry weather in some key growing areas will likely have an impact on crop ratings. The crop is developing faster than average, putting yields in potential peril from this weather pattern, especially in northern and western growing portions of the Midwest into the Plains. The June The post Wheat rises, watching global trade, weather appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A new report by The Nature Conservancy in Michigan analyzes how policy changes can address barriers for rural prosperity and healthy natural resources. Director of Policy Richard Bowman tells Brownfield enhancing the state’s Office of Rural Prosperity could have a significant impact on rural challenges. “We’re recommending that we take lessons from some of those The post The Nature Conservancy urges Michigan to expand Rural Prosperity Office, reward conservation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A staff attorney with the National Ag Law Center says a recent U.S. Supreme Court action strengthens the argument that the U.S. EPA, not states, should determine pesticide warning labels. Brigit Rollins tells Brownfield… “The Durnell case says that federal pesticide law, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, preempts those state law failure to The post SCOTUS glyphosate ruling shifts legal focus to EPA, future pesticide litigation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.