Ag News

Legislation to lower interest rates for agricultural and rural home loans has been reintroduced in the U.S. House. Iowa Republican Randy Feenstra helped introduce the Access to Credit for our Rural Economy, or ACRE Act, [Read More…]

U.S. broiler hatchery numbers had another round of year-to-year gains last week. The USDA says 251.452 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubation, a rise of 992,000 on the week and 3% on the year, [Read More…]

The combined U.S. and Canadian livestock numbers are mixed. A joint report from the USDA and Statistics Canada shows a slight year-to-year increase in the combined hog herd at 89.7 million head from the end [Read More…]

Farmers and ranchers let a U.S. House committee know how devastating wolves have been since being reintroduced by the Fish and Wildlife Service and protected by the Endangered Species Act. Public Lands Council (PLC) Secretary [Read More…]

Containerized freight challenges continue to plague the movement of some agricultural products. Randy Duckworth with the Specialty Soya and Grains Alliance says there’s a shortage of containers. “We want to make sure that we have [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, as butter and block cheese prices stopped falling.    Dry whey was down $0.02 at $0.49.  Five sales were recorded, ranging from $0.49 to $0.4950.  [Read More…]

After launching Pioneer brand Z-Series soybeans at last year’s Commodity Classic, the Pioneer team was at the 2025 Commodity Classic providing an update on how these soybeans broke records and performed throughout the first year [Read More…]

Many growers rely on the weed control power of 2,4-D to control broadleaves in corn. With Enlist® corn, growers can unlock the advantages of corn tolerant to Enlist One® and Enlist Duo® herbicides, including a [Read More…]

With spring planting quickly approaching, it’s critical farmers get nitrogen applied on their corn acres — especially if a rain prevented fall applications — to provide the best start possible for their crop. Andrew Luzum, [Read More…]

Get a head start to weed control this year with Corteva’s newest corn herbicide: Resicore® REV herbicide. Brooklynne Dalton, Portfolio Marketing Lead for Corn Herbicides, explains how the three distinct modes of action in Resicore [Read More…]

Feed makes up about three-quarters of the operating cost for most cattle producers. Dr. Meredith Harrison with precision livestock technology company C-Lock says cow-calf and feedlot operations can improve margins by doing more than maximizing [Read More…]

The chief science fellow with Nutrien Ag Solutions says Brazil could be facing challenges with its second corn crop. Eric Snodgrass says some areas of the country are dry. “The eastern growing regions that are [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures in most areas from the Plains eastward, while colder-than-normal conditions will be confined to northern Maine and the western U.S.  Meanwhile, [Read More…]

Across the Corn Belt, blizzard conditions linger from parts of Iowa into the upper Great Lakes region, due to snow driven by wind gusts locally exceeding 60 mph.  Conditions in blizzard-affected areas are extremely difficult [Read More…]

The DEKALB® corn and Asgrow® soybean brands recognized their 2024 yield winners during Commodity Classic earlier this week in Denver, Colorado. In this episode of Managing for Profit, DEKALB Brand Manager Jamie Horton and Asgrow Brand [Read More…]

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…]