Month: December 2025

The Iowa Cattlemen’s Association is working to help young producers build their futures. “We’ve got to get new, beginning producers into this,” said ICA CEO Bryan Whaley. Whaley tells Brownfield ICA established a “Next Gen” [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Beans are watching South America, with early harvest activity underway in Brazil and dry weather in parts of Argentina. Weekend rains in South America generally favored Brazil [Read More…]

Rural healthcare in seven Midwestern states will receive more than $200 million in federal funding. Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Indiana, Wisconsin and Ohio will each receive large investments from the Trump administration’s Rural Health Transformation [Read More…]

The executive director of the Modern Ag Alliance says the organization is focused on protecting farmer access to crop protection tools on a state by state basis in 2026. Elizabeth Burns-Thompson says North Dakota and [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly unchanged on Monday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was unchanged at $0.73. No sales were recorded at that price.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0100 at $1.3450. Ten sales were recorded, ranging from $1.3325 to $1.3450. [Read More…]

An ag economist at Ohio State University says he’s concerned the record-high ag trade deficit could continue throughout 2026. Ian Sheldon tells Brownfield, “As long as American consumers want to buy fruits and vegetables all [Read More…]

The executive director of the Illinois Pork Producers Association says 2025 was a good year for hog prices. Jennifer Tirey says that despite that, not much growth is expected in the industry in 2026. “Even [Read More…]

A market analyst says 2025 included some wins and losses in agriculture. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says volatility in trade and the grain markets negatively impacted producers. He tells Brownfield that President Trump’s $12 [Read More…]