Ag News

The Michigan Farm Bureau Family of Companies is partnering with Michigan State University to expand the livestock pavilion on campus. Vice President of Marketing Deb Dansby with Michigan Farm Bureau Insurance tells Brownfield, “We have [Read More…]

The head of RaboReasearch Food and Agribusiness for North America says global food and ag trade could be more complex under the incoming Trump administration. Roland Fumasi says the proposed tariffs are a triple-negative and [Read More…]

Pictured: Iowa state climatologist Justin Glisan (Brownfield photo) The state climatologist for Iowa says he’s keeping a close eye on subsoil moisture profiles across the region. Justin Glisan with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and [Read More…]

A U.S. Senator from Indiana says reports that Colombia is considering an investigation into U.S. corn subsidies is concerning. Republican Todd Young says Colombian officials are misguided in their assertion the subsidies aren’t consistent with [Read More…]

An ag economist says the USDA is forecasting that the United States’ already record trade deficit will grow even larger in Fiscal Year 2025.   Scott Brown is a professor emeritus at the University of [Read More…]

A search is underway for the next director of the Nebraska Pork Producers Association. Board President Ryan Preister tells Brownfield the organization is looking to replace long-time director Al Juhnke. “We’re excited to see who’s [Read More…]

An economist at the American Soybean Association says a recent study found wide use of seed treatments across the U.S. Jacquie Holland tells Brownfield… “They are an easy and kind of low contact way of [Read More…]

Dairy margins continued to improve in November.  The National Milk Producers Federation says the monthly margin under the Dairy Margin Coverage Program for September set a second-straight record high at $15.57 per hundredweight.  The federation [Read More…]

The director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture says farmers need more financial assistance in the midst of the state’s historic drought. Brian Baldridge says he recently testified before the Ohio House Finance Committee and [Read More…]

The National Farmers Union is looking at how possible changes to federal tax policy might impact farmers. President Rob Larew says several provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 expire in 2025. [Read More…]

Corteva Agriscience Enlist field specialist Andy Carriger says flexibility is huge when it comes to managing weeds and insects. He tells Brownfield Enlist corn products offer multiple herbicide tolerances and better defense against above and [Read More…]

Dec. corn closed at $4.23, up 7 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.89 and 1/2, up 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $287.10, down $3.40Dec. soybean oil closed at 41.61, up 86 pointsDec. wheat [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were up following the sharply higher cash business earlier in the week.  December lives closed $.02 lower at $187.97 and February lives closed [Read More…]

The President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association hopes President elect Trump moves quickly to set future Renewable Volume Obligation levels for blending ethanol and gasoline. Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield the U.S. should already [Read More…]

Soybeans ended the day mixed with another day of unsurprising light-volume trade, this time post-holiday. The USDA announced a sale of soybeans to unknown destinations for the current marketing year. The USDA also announced 151,700 [Read More…]

The ag division president for Great Plains Manufacturing says there is some hope for a turnaround for ag equipment sales in 2025. James Shurts tells Brownfield more orders are starting to come in and are [Read More…]

Pictured: Brownfield’s Brent Barnett (left) with southwest Iowa farmer Mark Peterson at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City A southwest Iowa farmer says he continues to adopt conservation practices that help improve soil health [Read More…]

Owners of a southern Illinois reality firm say the region’s land market is holding steady. Brad Chandler, with Property Peddler, Inc., which has four locations across the area, tells Brownfield, “I kind of thought 2023 [Read More…]

Pictured: David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An ag economist says a few factors have caused the farmland market to show signs of [Read More…]

Sustainable aviation fuel is generating a lot of interest as an emerging market for crops. But Minnesota Farm Bureau vice president Carolyn Olson says a lot of uncertainty remains. “Surrounding some of the tax credits [Read More…]