Ag News

Sep. corn closed at $3.84 and 1/2, up 4 and 3/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $9.74, up 8 and 1/2 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $276.10, up $3.50Sep. soybean oil closed at 53.50, down 22 [Read More…]

Michigan-based DF Seeds has announced it has been acquired by Lead Food Capital. DF Seeds President Janna Fritz tells Brownfield it’s the first acquisition by the Indiana-based investment company. “We’ve experienced organic growth over the last [Read More…]

New data shows Minnesota consumers who filled up with Unleaded 88 have saved more than $8 million so far in 2025. Minnesota Biofuels Association executive director Brian Werner tells Brownfield May savings alone on fuel [Read More…]

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is concerned U.S. agriculture will be harmed by trade uncertainty.  Walz, who a year ago was named the running mate for presidential candidate Kamala Harris, says farmers are used to uncertainty. [Read More…]

A plant pathologist says time is running out to apply fungicide on this year’s corn crop. Tamra Jackson-Ziems with UNL Extension tells Brownfield growers may have a difficult decision to make. “We want to protect [Read More…]

The Indiana FFA State Sentinel says the Indiana FFA Pavilion is an opportunity to connect consumers with different sectors of the ag industry. Jesus Santana says extending the pavilion into the Indiana Young Farmers Building this year allows the organization to [Read More…]

Youth exhibitors at the Wisconsin State Fair benefited from their hard work at Wednesday’s Governor’s Blue Ribbon Livestock Auction.  The annual event, hosted by the Blue Ribbon Sale of Champions Foundation and Wisconsin State Fair [Read More…]

Soy Checkoff investments in high oleic soybeans and biotech traits help farmers manage pests, weather extremes, and access markets that offer premiums. Learn more about the role of high-oleic soybeans in this Managing for Profit with the United Soybean Board, [Read More…]

A new USDA report shows that most cropland prices have climbed between three and ten percent in the past year. Paul Schadegg with Farmers National tells Brownfield the market for farmland remains strong. “The surprising [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher, supported by sharply higher boxed beef during the session ahead of widespread direct business.  October live cattle closed $2.55 higher at $229.65 and [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The trade’s expecting a big crop and there are a lot of questions about export demand. On the supply side of the equation, near-term development conditions remain [Read More…]

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says there might not be as many prevent plant acres as initially expected in the United States. A wet spring caused planting delays and some prevent plant [Read More…]

A farmer in southeast Indiana says he’s concerned about root development after excessive moisture this spring. Mike Koehne raises food-grade corn and soybeans and tells Brownfield.. “Mother Nature hasn’t been very good to us, but [Read More…]

A plant pathologist with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says mid-summer rains have helped improve variable crop conditions.   Dylan Mangel tells Brownfield, “It didn’t look great for quite awhile around the Fourth of July or [Read More…]

A member of the U.S. House Subcommittee on Trade is encouraged by actions taken by the Trump administration to improve U.S export business.  Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach says there’s been a lot of movement on [Read More…]

Commentary. Last year about this time, I wrote a column of which the opening line read: “Just keeping things in perspective…” On August 19, 2024, the number that was the focus of my writing was [Read More…]

A northern Illinois farmer says his corn and soybean crops look good. Sean Arians farms in Whiteside County. “We did have a wind storm come through a couple of weekends ago that lest some damage [Read More…]

The Ohio Expo Center and State Fairgrounds is expanding in 2026 with the grand opening of a new agriculture center.  Adam Sharp, executive vice president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, says the building will [Read More…]

The conditions have been right for disease development across many Corn Belt states. In this episode of Managing for Profit, a southern Indiana-based agronomist explains what diseases farmers should be scouting for. The post Strategic [Read More…]

Did you know that having a milk allergy isn’t the same as being lactose intolerant? Jessica Kassel, a registered dietitian with the St. Louis Dairy Council, explains the difference. She says there’s also been an [Read More…]