Ag News

The past chair of the United Soybean Board is excited about the market potential of SoyFoam. Steve Reinhard says the environmentally friendly wetting and smothering agent used by firefighters is made from soybeans. “It contains [Read More…]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to spread across poultry flocks in several Missouri counties. Ag Director Chris Chinn tells Brownfield, “it came in with the wild migratory birds. We aren’t the only state impacted, but [Read More…]

A north Iowa farmer is considering more corn acres this year. Caleb Renner of Klemme says prices are favoring corn over soybeans, but pest management is a factor. “Yeah, there are a couple genetics that [Read More…]

The manager of corporate giving with Compeer Financial says efforts in Illinois to help communities grow more food are receiving a boost. Karen Schieler says the cooperative has announced funding for several projects aimed at [Read More…]

A new law in South Dakota requires lab-grown protein to be labeled. Governor Larry Rhoden has signed House Bill 1022, which says cell cultured protein or products containing cell cultured protein must feature the words [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, but not enough to escape a lower week-to-week close. Argentina’s crop rating was down on the week, even with improved rainfall in some areas. That justifies [Read More…]

Turkey hatchery numbers are pointing towards tighter supplies later this year. The USDA says 24.487 million eggs were in incubation on February 1st, 2025, down 1% from January 1st and 4% lower than on February [Read More…]

The vice president of government affairs for the Renewable Fuels Association says there could be some uncertainty for ethanol exports this year. Ed Hubbard says he’s concerned about the country’s trading relationships with Canada and [Read More…]

Several Democratic members of the U.S. House Ag Committee have expressed concern proposed cuts to nutrition programs could be a sticking point in farm bill negotiations.   Shri Thanedar of Michigan tells Brownfield, “It makes it [Read More…]

A northwest Kansas wheat grower says there is some optimism for a good harvest. Kansas Association of Wheat Growers President Chris Tanner tells Brownfield the crop went into dormancy looking good. “We do have good [Read More…]

An eastern Iowa farmer says he’s concerned about a lack of soil moisture heading into the growing season. Lance Lillibridge says precipitation deficits are adding up quickly. “We’re just going to have to pray we [Read More…]

An American Farm Bureau board member for the Midwest Region says he’s encouraged to see the organization elevating labor as a top priority. Michigan Farm Bureau President Ben LaCross tells Brownfield specialty crop farmers in his state [Read More…]

Three more states are suing Deere & Company arguing the company restricts farmers’ ability to repair equipment and unfairly inflates costs. Attorneys General from Michigan, Wisconsin, and Arizona now join the Federal Trade Commission and [Read More…]

Avian influenza has been found in some wild birds in Wisconsin. Department of Natural Resources officials confirm finding the H5N1 virus in a wild merganser duck in Milwaukee County.  DNR officials also say there have [Read More…]

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been detected at a commercial turkey operation in Washington County, Indiana.    According to the Indiana Board of Animal Health, this is the ninth detection of the virus since the [Read More…]

The push for year-round E15 continues. On Thursday, the bicameral, bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 was reintroduced into the 119th Congress. If passed, the bill would remove seasonal restrictions from [Read More…]

An associate research professor at the University of Missouri says local farmers will feel the impacts of the closure of a Soy Innovation Lab in Illinois. Kerry Clark says U.S. Agency for International Development funding [Read More…]

The president of National FFA says members are celebrating ag education. Thaddeus Bergschneider from Illinois says more than one million members are participating in National FFA Week activities.  “It’s not only about the members that we [Read More…]

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Brooke Rollins as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services. Agriculture organizations say there’s a lot [Read More…]

A federal foreign food aid program may have new life, thanks to legislation introduced in Congress this week. Is passed, Food for Peace would be moved to the USDA from the shuttered U.S. Agency for [Read More…]