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Many in the ag industry continue to push for year-round E15.   Nebraska farmer Jan tenBensel says, “There’s a lot of frustration that it seems so obvious that it should have happened already.”  He tells Brownfield [Read More…]

A bill banning the use of eminent domain for carbon pipelines in South Dakota is making its way to Governor Larry Rhoden’s desk. House Bill 1052 would add a new section to existing right-of-way carrier law [Read More…]

Patrick Ewan, General Manager of Helena Products Group told Brownfield there is no getting around it, times are tough in the ag industry and Helena wants to be there for farmers. That could mean providing [Read More…]

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle were up and feeders were mostly modestly higher, oversold and waiting for direct business to get underway. The import tariffs on Canada and Mexico could lead to a tighter domestic [Read More…]

Iowa’s Secretary of Agriculture warns farmers to brace for the impact of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. ag exports. Mike Naig tells Brownfield Canada has already retaliated and Mexico is expected to. “Factually, we expect that [Read More…]

Surtain corn herbicide from BASF is commercially available to growers in the United States in 2025. Josh Putnam, Technical Marketing Manager for U.S. Corn Herbicides told Brownfield that weed resistance continues to spread and farmers [Read More…]

Dairy economists at the University of Wisconsin have been modeling how retaliatory tariffs and program cuts will impact U.S. dairy farmers.  Leonard Polzin tells Brownfield UW’s Dr. Charles Nicholson has been calculating the effects of [Read More…]

An executive director of a sustainable agriculture nonprofit says rural communities will bear the brunt of USDA funding freezes and firings. Hannah Smith-Brubaker with Pasa Sustainable Agriculture tells Brownfield, “The firings in the federal government, [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. There’s more rain in the forecast for parts of Argentina and Brazil’s harvest has hit the halfway point. The USDA’s next supply, demand, and production numbers and [Read More…]

Pictured: Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net at the 2025 Commodity Classic (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An ag economist says China has taken some retaliatory measures against the U.S. over President Trump’s tariffs that went into effect [Read More…]

The chief science fellow with Nutrien Ag Solutions says current levels on the Mississippi River vary greatly depending upon location. Eric Snodgrass says it’s a tale of have’s and have not’s. “Three weeks ago, it [Read More…]