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 Slotkin, a Democratic member of the Senate Ag Committee, tells Brownfield the lack of Congressional action is making it harder for farmers to manage rising […]
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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
A south-central Iowa farmer says his 2026 planting season got underway this week. Steve Kuiper tells Brownfield soybean planting is off
Luke Lindberg, USDA Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs, has been nominated by the Trump administration to lead the World
A rangeland ecologist says he’s cautiously optimistic that grasslands destroyed by widespread wildfires could recover this summer. Dirac Tidwell with the
The director of MU’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute says it will take an external shock to get U.S. agriculture
An agricultural economist says ongoing uncertainty in the Middle East has the global economy on edge. Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus
An ag economist says the rise in input costs is impacting producers differently. Josh Maples with Mississippi State University Extension says
Warmer weather and mixed precipitation are forecast over most major U.S. growing regions the last half of April. Vaisala Xweather senior
The government relations committee chair with the Illinois Soybean Association says more soybeans will be crushed now that the state has
