A livestock economist says higher interest rates have been a limiting factor to herd expansion. Josh Maples with Mississippi State University says that at current price levels, there is a lot of interest in buying cattle. “They talk to the lenders about what the rates are and then they don’t call back,” he says. He […]
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An agricultural meteorologist says a shifting weather pattern will be a welcome sight for most farmers. Greg Soulje tells Brownfield the
The newly elected president of Iowa Corn says India could be a rising market for U.S. biofuels. Mark Mueller tells Brownfield
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says China has a lot of leverage in trade negotiations with the U.S. The Iowa Republican tells
U.S. rice stocks are rising. The USDA says that on August 1st, the domestic supply of un-milled rice was 44.615 million
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather has returned in the wake of a cold front’s passage, although some corn and soybeans
The president of the National Corn Growers Association says Brazil’s 18% tariff on U.S. ethanol imports is unreasonable. Kenneth Hartman Jr.
Kansas Ag Secretary Mike Beam says the state continues to invest in domestic processing to provide farmers and ranchers additional markets.
Southern rust continues to spread across the Midwest. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension’s field crop pathologist
Brownfield’s Cyndi Young, Meghan Grebner, and Jared White cover the 2025 Farm Progress Show The post 2025 Farm Progress Show appeared
