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October is officially pork month in Missouri. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn presented a proclamation from Governor Mike Kehoe to the Missouri Pork Association leadership at an event in Hermann on Monday. Missouri ranks seventh in hog production in the United States. The state has 3.3 million head of hogs, which contributes nearly $2.2 billion The post Missouri celebrates Pork Month, highlights $2.2 billion hog industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

The Michigan 4-H Foundation says its $12 million capital campaign has surpassed the halfway mark. Director Abbey Miller tells Brownfield, “We are over 60 percent to that goal already.” “Through the Beyond Ready campaign, a large portion of that is focusing on our county endowment efforts,” she says. She says the initiative strengthens support for The post Michigan 4-H Beyond Ready campaign tops 60% of $12 million goal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

A farmer in northwest Missouri says he’s back harvesting corn after multiple days of heavy rain and there’s been some damage. “It’s not in every ear for sure, but it’s definitely in every field,” Ryan Meyerkorth tells Brownfield. “Some fields have it in percent, some of it 20 percent. We’re not able to look at The post Heavy rains cause corn damage as northwest Missouri harvest resumes appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

An extension agronomist says the latest stretch of wet weather brought more rain than she was anticipating. Meaghan Anderson with Iowa State University says fields have been soggy in both the Western and Eastern Corn Belts. “There are some folks in Illinois who were struggling with downed corn after their late storms,” she said. “Indiana The post Midwest rains exceed expectations appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.