A farm group lobbyist says Wisconsin’s producers had some victories and some major defeats in the just-completed state legislative session. Tim Fiocchi tells Brownfield the biggest wins were the new

May corn $4.44, down 3 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans $11.65 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal $317.60, up $3.50May soybean oil 67.70, up 28 pointsMay Chicago wheat

A south-central Iowa farmer says his 2026 planting season got underway this week. Steve Kuiper tells Brownfield soybean planting is off to a fast start. “We’ve been trying to get

Luke Lindberg, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs, has been nominated by the Trump administration to lead the World Food Program.   In a release, the U.S. State

A rangeland ecologist says he’s cautiously optimistic that grasslands destroyed by widespread wildfires could recover this summer. Dirac Tidwell with the University of Nebraska says progress will be determined by

The director of MU’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute says it will take an external shock to get U.S. agriculture out of its low farm income situation. Seth Meyer

An agricultural economist says ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East has the global economy on edge. Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus with Virginia Tech University, tells Brownfield, “We’ve got the

An ag economist says the rise in input costs is impacting producers differently.  Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension says larger producers likely purchased fuel and fertilizer at the

Ohio farmer Eric Tipton says farmers are facing one of the toughest economic years in recent history. “It’s not sustainable,” he says. “Something needs to get fixed.” Michigan Senator, Elissa

Warmer weather and mixed precipitation are forecast over most major U.S. growing regions the last half of April. Vaisala Xweather senior ag forecaster Donald Keeney says temperature swings should give