Nicole Heslip is an Anchor/Reporter at Brownfield. With a strong foundation in agriculture, stemming from her upbringing on a dairy farm and her education in Agriculture and Natural Resources Communications, she covers topics related to sustainable agriculture, farm management, and environmental issues. Nicole has been featured in Kexl, KGFW-AM, No-Till Farmer, Brownfield Ag News, and WCMY-AM, highlighting her commitment to informing the public about the critical intersections of farming and environmental stewardship.
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Nicole's coverage heavily revolves around agriculture and farming, with a significant emphasis on local developments within Illinois and Chicago. She frequently cites data and government announcements, indicating an interest in factual information from authoritative sources.
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By: Nicole Heslip
A dairy policy expert says dairy farmers should be fairly represented in USDA’s Harvest Fuel Relief Program. American Dairy Coalition’s Sherry Bunting tells Brownfield fuel is an everyday expense on dairies. “They don’t have a harvest window where they’re done and then they look ahead to the next season, it’s continual,” she explains. “It’s every […]
Cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Friday as traders squared up end-of-the-week buying needs. Dry whey unchanged at $0.8425. Blocks up $0.01 at $1.7350. One sale was made at that price. Barrels unchanged at $1.72. Butter up $0.01 at $1.34. One sale was made at that price. Nonfat dry milk […]
By: Nicole Heslip
A farm business management educator says farmers should be working with suppliers and applicators making fuel cost adjustments. Jon LaPorte with Michigan State University Extension tells Brownfield… “If you’re looking at buying products and you’re looking at having somebody apply it for you, you’ve got a lot of factors that go into that product availability and then […]
By: Nicole Heslip
The director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development says the Food Hub and Farm Stop Grant Programs helped market nearly half a million pounds of Michigan-produced food. Tim Boring tells Brownfield, “It’s strengthening supply chains, it’s increasing market demand for Michigan products, creating opportunities for new farmers, and it improves local food […]
By: Nicole Heslip
USDA’s Undersecretary for Farm Production and Conservation says Harvest Fuel Relief program rates should be finalized in the next week for Title I crops. Richard Fordyce tells Brownfield, “Fuel is captured in cost of production data, the Economic Research Service has probably the richest data related to that.” He says fuel consumption data is still […]
By: Nicole Heslip
The state of Michigan is proposing to expand Bovine Tuberculous testing zones in the northern lower peninsula as the number of cases in cattle herds has increased in recent months. George Quackenbush with the Michigan Cattlemen’s Association says testing more farms doesn’t address the disease itself. “When we’re testing cattle, we’re really testing the symptom […]
A Michigan sugarbeet farmer says this is one of the first times she hasn’t been harvesting beets for permanent pile in the last week of October. Rita Herford tells Brownfield, “Conditions are dry.” “As far as being in the field with equipment and stuff, it’s been awesome,” she shares. “On the flip side of that, […]
By: Nicole Heslip
A former USDA Chief Economist says providing additional ad hoc funding for farmers raises the question of whether current risk management programs are working. Director of the Food and Ag Policy Research Institute Seth Meyer tells Brownfield farmers are receiving tens of billions of dollars in ad hoc programs at a time when crop safety net […]
By: Nicole Heslip
A livestock economist says record-high beef prices haven’t had the impact on pork markets producers had expected. Jaime Luke with Michigan State University tells Brownfield beef remains the top choice of consumers, but… “If you are a more price-conscious consumer, you are more likely to be switching over to the chicken category and maybe not […]
By: Nicole Heslip
A livestock economist says record-high beef prices haven’t had the impact on other proteins the industry expected. “Consumers have really surprised us as analysts in how resilient their demand for beef has been,” she says. “Now that doesn’t mean that they may be purchasing the same portfolio of beef products as they did in the […]
