Ag News

The USDA says export sales during the week ending January 2nd were generally bearish, largely due to it being a holiday week. Corn, soybeans, wheat, and rice all hit marketing year lows, with sorghum seeing [Read More…]

An economist is concerned how potential new tariffs could hinder trade in 2025. Ernie Goss, with Creighton University, tells Brownfield President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed universal tariffs of 10 to 20% create a lot of economic [Read More…]

There are some risk factors for both above and below-ground loss of nitrogen. On this episode of the Nitrogen Corner, an agronomy expert with Koch Agronomic Services says the key is to understand the risk [Read More…]

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director says the state’s egg industry has been preparing for cage-free requirements for nearly two decades despite recent supply chain shocks. Tim Boring tells Brownfield legislation passed [Read More…]

An Indiana Farm Bureau district director says it’s important for members to stay focused on priorities during this year’s legislative session. Corina Brant tells Brownfield, “With the LEAP project last year, there’s some bills that [Read More…]

The Executive Director of the Soy Transportation Coalition says farmers needed the newly announced longshoremen’s labor deal. Mike Steenhoek tells Brownfield keeping ports open maintains a consistent and reliable supply chain. “You’d rather have a [Read More…]

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director says dairy farms could be quarantined following positive HPAI milk testing results. Michigan was one of the first states to participate in USDA’s raw milk testing [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply higher ahead of the week’s direct business. Boxed beef was also higher at midday.  February lives closed $3.90 higher at $197.60 and Select was [Read More…]

Mar. corn closed at $4.56, up 2 centsMar. soybeans closed at $9.99, up 4 and 1/2 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $299.30, down $1.50Mar. soybean oil closed at 42.76, up 117 pointsMar. wheat closed at [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. The trade was getting ready for the USDA numbers out Friday, including the delayed export sales report. The big report day starts with those export sales [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from Kansas is hopeful Congress can pass a new farm bill in 2025. But Roger Marshall tells Brownfield he doesn’t expect farm bill discussions to begin until after Congress completes budget reconciliation. [Read More…]

A southwest Iowa farmer says he’ll be planting more corn acres this year. Jeff Jorgenson is in Fremont County. “We were strong in soybeans for 2024, which in turn turns into strong for corn in [Read More…]

An associate professor at Purdue University says robotics could help farmers increase efficiency to advance their operations. Jian Jin says LeafSpec is a plant phenotyping device. “It’s very labor intensive for humans to operate this [Read More…]

An Iowa farmer is growing a business she describes as an online farmer’s market for meat.  Katie Olthoff of Stanhope says she co-founded Chop Local during the pandemic because so many Midwestern farmers could not [Read More…]

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley is criticizing the EPA for how it verifies the integrity of used cooking oil imports. The Iowa Republican says the agency recently revealed it relies on foreign records to prove the [Read More…]

Low river levels are expected to be a concern for the U.S. inland waterway system again in 2025. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition says there was improvement following a dry summer across much [Read More…]

An animal disease specialist says the recent uptick in avian influenza outbreaks is in part due to the milder winter weather. Dr. Keith Poulsen with the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Center tells Brownfield many lakes and [Read More…]

The senior vice president of real estate operations at Farmers National Company (FNC) says there are positive signs for the ag land market heading into 2025. Paul Shadegg tells Brownfield, “Every now and then we [Read More…]

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Any crop loss related to weather stress in Argentina should be canceled out by a big crop in Brazil. While parts of southern Brazil are dry, [Read More…]

The weekly broiler hatchery numbers started 2025 a lot like they ended 2024. The USDA says 248.175 million eggs went into incubation last week, up 716,000 from the previous week and 4% above a year [Read More…]