Ag News

A global equipment manufacturer says there are several factors impacting the current farm machinery market.    Eric Raby, senior vice president for the Americas with CLAAS says they’re seeing a lesser impact from tariffs and [Read More…]

A U.S. Congressman from South Dakota says ag trade should be fair.  Dusty Johnson tells Brownfield the Trump administration is trying to level the playing field by addressing non-tariff trade barriers. “Mexico doesn’t treat U.S. [Read More…]

A former trade ambassador says the United States should be working to reverse its nearly $50 billion ag trade deficit. Kip Tom, an Indiana farmer, says a lack of new trade deals and new trade barriers has [Read More…]

Several farmers and ranchers from across the state kicked off their Thursday with a ham breakfast at the Missouri State Fair. The Governor’s Ham Breakfast has been happening since the 1950s on the state fairgrounds. [Read More…]

New World screwworm is top-of-mind for cattle producers as they meet with state and federal lawmakers at the Missouri State Fair. Jeff Reed with the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association told U.S. Senator Josh Hawley from Missouri [Read More…]

The Deputy Secretary at USDA is touting the ag provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Stephen Vaden says the legislation has big wins for American agriculture. “First and foremost, it modernizes reference [Read More…]

The cash dairy market settled mostly lower Thursday. Dry whey down $0.0125 at $0.60 Blocks down $0.1025 at $1.7775 Barrels down $0.0350 at $1.8250 Butter unchanged at $2.28 Nonfat dry milk down $0.0050 at $1.26 [Read More…]

Sep. corn closed at $3.75, up 1 centSep. soybeans closed at $10.07 and 1/2, down 16 and 1/2 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $284.30, down $2.70Sep. soybean oil closed at 51.99, down 140 pointsSep. wheat [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Near-term development weather continues to look non-threatening to favorable in most of the region. Still, it will take nearly ideal weather through at least mid-September for [Read More…]

A field market development specialist with Valent says the wetter-than-expected summer has made it difficult to manage weeds. Garrison Gundy covers Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado… “It’s been really hard to control, especially Palmer and waterhemp [Read More…]

The co-founder of AgMarket.net says the latest USDA WASDE report was a drag on the corn market but could present opportunities for soybeans. Matt Bennett tells Brownfield… “Yes, the yield went up on soybeans, but [Read More…]

A central Minnesota farmer says frequent rain this summer has had a mixed impact on crops. John Mages farms in Stearns County. “Our area has had quite a bit of rainfall, so on the heavier [Read More…]

Kyle Durham is a Missouri director on the United Soybean Board serving in his second year and is involved with an innovation and technology committee. He tells Brownfield more about how the Soy Checkoff is [Read More…]

Helping expand new markets for soybean farmers is one of the top priorities of the United Soybean Board. With trade uncertainty top of mind for many farmers, the Soy Checkoff helps drive global demand through strategic partnerships. [Read More…]

A market analyst says while prevent plant isn’t expected to have a major impact on commodity prices, more prevent plant corn acres could affect the U.S. balance sheet. USDA is forecasting a record U.S. corn [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Most of that support was follow-through from Tuesday’s post-USDA report, smaller-supply-driven gains. Nearly ideal development weather will be needed to hit USDA’s record yield estimate. For now, [Read More…]

The USDA is projecting a larger hay crop in 2025. Production for all non-alfalfa types of hay is estimated at 73.752 million tons, 1.13 million above the 2024 total, with an increase in the harvested [Read More…]

Farmers planted more sorghum than expected in 2025. The USDA says planted sorghum acres were up 6% from the initial guess at 6.605 million acres and 1% on the year, with that grain bound for [Read More…]

The deadline for termination or a renegotiation of farm leases in Iowa is quickly approaching. In this episode of Managing for Profit we’ll hear from the associate attorney at Ag and Business Legal Strategies explains [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, with the Rockies and High Plains having the greatest likelihood of experiencing unusually hot weather.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across [Read More…]