Ag News

The U.S. EPA is revamping the Waters of the United States rule again and a U.S. Congressman from Missouri says it’s needed. Sam Graves, the chairman of the House Transportation Committee, tells Brownfield “it’s a [Read More…]

The sudden termination of two USDA food programs has some producers seeking new marketing channels.  Federal officials ended the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program and the Local Food for Schools Program, which provided a direct [Read More…]

The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says the Trump administration’s freezing of USDA funding is having far reaching consequences. Jonathan Coppess tells Brownfield, “These are duly appropriated, constitutionally appropriated [Read More…]

A line of corn hybrids popular with U.S. dairy producers is being discontinued.  In a statement to Brownfield, a Corteva spokesperson says the dairy industry is evolving and the company is focused on growing farmer demand [Read More…]

Bipartisan legislation has been reintroduced in the U.S. Senate to help improve risk management and financial resources for farmers. Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar stressed the need to close crop insurance gaps for [Read More…]

The marketing manager with Pioneer’s Plenish high oleic soybeans says both growers and dairy producers will benefit from the company’s latest innovation. Roger Theisen says the specialty beans are now available with the Enlist E3 [Read More…]

The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says ongoing tariffs could impact the viability of the ag industry. Zippy Duvall says producers can’t sustain the uncertainty much longer. “If it stretches out 18 months [Read More…]

Many in the ag industry continue to express concern about how President Trump’s tariffs will impact the farm economy. West Central Ohio farmer Fred Yoder says the trade tensions are creating uncertainty and volatility in [Read More…]

South Dakota agriculture has mixed reactions to the recent statewide ban of using eminent domain for carbon pipelines. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says the organization supports the ban and landowners deserve a [Read More…]

Summit Carbon Solutions is asking the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission for more time to review a permit for a new carbon pipeline. In a statement, Summit Carbon Solutions tells Brownfield the new eminent domain [Read More…]

A University of Wisconsin researcher says farm data might be going to people that shouldn’t have it.  Bill Oehmichan tells Brownfield a lot of farm data is being gathered by combines, milkers, drones, and other [Read More…]

A field agronomist in eastern Missouri says farmers should be monitoring soybeans for red crown rot, a new soil-borne fungal disease in the state. “About the time you’re spraying fungicide is probably when you’ll start [Read More…]

Some in the ag industry have expressed concern that funds for the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation weren’t replenished in U.S. House-passed continuing resolution.  But John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee, says he’s [Read More…]

Un-controlled brush and grass fires have been reported across Missouri this spring. Missouri Fire Marshal Tim Bean says there have been more than 300 fires across the state in the first few months this year [Read More…]

The director of the Gardner Agricultural Policy Program at the University of Illinois says Friday’s scheduled U.S. Senate vote on a Continuing Resolution to keep the government operating will raise questions no matter the outcome. “There [Read More…]

The vice president of National Farmers Union (NFU) says he has concerns about the strength of the cattle market.   Jeff Kippley, who raises beef cattle and row crops in South Dakota, says retaliatory tariffs [Read More…]

U.S. pork export sales fell to a marketing year low during the week ending March 6th. The USDA says most of the key regular U.S. pork customers showed up, but bought less than during the [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from Ohio says he’s supportive of President Trump’s use of tariffs as leverage.  Jon Husted says the ag industry relies on strong relationships with the country’s largest trading partners. “We make the food that [Read More…]

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA continues to project large soybean and corn crops. CONAB now sees Brazil’s soybean crop at 167.37 million tons, up 13% from 2024, with yield and acreage both above a year [Read More…]

A market specialist says typically 18-to-20% of a grower’s total input budget goes to fertilizer. On this episode of Managing for Profit with AgroLiquid, we’ll learn how a farmer can make the most of that [Read More…]