Month: April 2026

A senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing says all eyes have been on the winter wheat crop experiencing the multi-year drought. Naomi Blohm tells Brownfield if there’s a continued decline in condition ratings for [Read More…]

The president and CEO of the USA Rice says the United States should continue to push for fair global rice trade. Peter Bachmann says a Section 301 investigation into several trading partners is one of [Read More…]

Several Illinois farmers say rising fuel costs are squeezing already thin margins. With diesel nearly two dollars above year ago levels, southern Illinois farmer Matt Raben, who grows corn and soybeans in Gallatin County, says [Read More…]

A cow/calf operator in south Texas says sterile fly production is the key in pushing back the northern movement of New World screwworm.   Stephen Diebel, president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association says [Read More…]

An agronomist with Dekalb / Asgrow says farmers need to avoid having to replant corn as much as possible this year. Lance Tarochione, who covers western Illinois, tells Brownfield, “We are very tight on supply [Read More…]

An ag lobbyist says additional farmer ad-hoc assistance is likely, but not guaranteed. Randy Russell with the Russell Group says there’s support in the U.S. Senate for an additional $15 to $20 billion to help [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of broadly below-normal temperatures from the Southwest to the northern and central Plains and upper Midwest, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in northern New [Read More…]