Month: January 2025

President Trump’s choice for EPA Administrator has been confirmed.  The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Lee Zeldin to lead the agency.  After many years of biofuel policy uncertainty, the renewable fuels industry is looking [Read More…]

A Washington D.C. policy analyst says President Trump’s actions during his first days in office are just the beginning of changes he expects to see. Jim Wiesemeyer tells Brownfield Trump has about a year and [Read More…]

A dairy economist says in time, he’s expecting producer milk checks will have more premiums for components, which will help offset processor make allowance deductions.  Marin Bozic with the University of Minnesota and Edge Dairy [Read More…]

An ag economist says he’s keeping a close eye on tensions between the U.S. and Colombia. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says Colombia is a major importer of U.S. ethanol. “Ethanol trade with Colombia is [Read More…]

An ag economist says the soybean market has seen some recent strength. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says, “It was driven partially due to a delay in any type of tariff announcements. I think that [Read More…]

Commentary I love living in a part of the country where we get four seasons every year. However, I would be willing to trade in a few of the colder days of winter for some [Read More…]

Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. The National Farmers Union wants to ensure Congress is committed to finishing a farm bill this year. President Rob Larew says the organization remains focused on getting a new a [Read More…]

Consumers in Illinois will soon be able to quickly identify products grown in-state.                Raghela Scavuzzo, executive director of the Illinois Specialty Growers Association, says the new Illinois Grown label, which officially debuts today, builds off [Read More…]