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The conflict in the Middle East is driving up ag input prices. Southwest Minnesota corn and soybean grower Bryan Biegler says he applied all his phosphate and potassium for 2026 last fall. “Locked in my [Read More…]

The blizzard that moved through Wisconsin Sunday and Monday dumped enough wet, heavy snow to collapse a farm building. Anthony Knorn with Junion Homestead Farm near Casco, Wisconsin, tells Brownfield that around two feet of [Read More…]

The founder of ForgeBee says lab-grown honeybees may be a key to the future of food production. Gene Robinson, who’s also a professor at the University of Illinois, says colony collapse and other factors continue [Read More…]

May corn $4.54, down 13 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans $11.55 and 1/4, down 70 centsMay soybean meal $312.20, down $10.50May soybean oil 63.94, down 350 pointsMay Chicago wheat $6.97 and 1/4, down 16 and 1/2 [Read More…]

The president of Solutions From the Land says farmers need strong technical assistance for conservation programs in the farm bill to succeed. Ernie Shea says the proposal recently advanced by the U.S. House Ag Committee continues that commitment with long-term [Read More…]

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed a second commercial case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in West Michigan. The state says the Kent County flock was the second reported in less [Read More…]

A northwestern Illinois farmer says building soil health pays off in the long run. “I tell everybody that I’m a cheap farmer. I do not like to buy inputs.” Greg Thoren, who raises row crops [Read More…]

The director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture says continued growth in the H2Ohio program is helping farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin improve water quality.  Brian Baldridge says a new $1 million grant has expanded the [Read More…]

The Enlist weed control system gives farmers many options to incorporate a program approach to weed control. With Enlist One Herbicide as the cornerstone of the program, Corteva Market Development Specialist, Jeff Moon, tells Brownfield [Read More…]

A rancher in western Nebraska says she’s still processing the destruction of a large wildfire that raced across the area recently. “Just a lot of heartbreak and a lot of chaos.  It’s been pretty hard.” [Read More…]

Two corn farmers in the Northern Plains say market consolidation has led to a lack of competition in the U.S. fertilizer industry, causing a price increase for farmers. “Our highest cost input is essentially controlled [Read More…]

Missouri farmers say planting will be on hold a few more weeks due to the recent widespread rains and cooler temperatures. Tim Gottman in northeast Missouri says there’s been some fieldwork already near his farm, [Read More…]

The president of the Missouri Farm Bureau says U.S. lawmakers continue to work on additional ad-hoc assistance for U.S. farmers. Garrett Hawkins says Senators John Boozman and John Hoeven have a solution that could be [Read More…]

An NRCS consultant says more farmers want to use grazing to cut costs and improve soil health. Adam Abel is the Natural Resources Conservation Service State Grazing Lands Specialist for Wisconsin.  He tells Brownfield there [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from Missouri has contacted five of the largest fertilizer producers in the United States to ensure fairness in the market. Through letters, Josh Hawley questioned CF Industries, the Mosaic Company, Koch Fertilizer, [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, feeders were mostly lower watching for any additional direct business.  April live cattle closed $.35 lower at $239.90 and June live cattle closed $.42 lower at [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling but closed well above the session lows and saw a solid weekly gain. That week-to-week rise was largely linked to strength in soybean oil, which [Read More…]

This year’s Ohio Master Farmers have made soil health central to their management. Third-generation farmer Jerry McBride grows 1,500 acres of corn and soybeans in Hardin County using 100 percent no-till and cover crops. He tells Brownfield, “Most [Read More…]

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture says more than 300,000 acres have burned after an outbreak of wildfires.  According to the Fire Information for Resource Management System from NASA and the U.S. Forest Service at least four large [Read More…]

A family-owned creamery is finding profitability in some unique markets. Amy Marcoot, owner & CEO of Marcoot Jersey Creamery located in Greenville, Illinois, says their locally produced line of Jersey cheeses is just one aspect [Read More…]