U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says Congress needs to find solutions to rising input costs facing farmers and ranchers. “The ag economy is under real strain,” she said during a press

A south-central Iowa farmer says regenerative agriculture continues to play a key role in his operation. Steve Kuiper raises corn and soybeans near Knoxville in Marion County. “There’s a lot

The USDA is reporting another solid week for corn, sorghum, and wheat export inspections. Corn and wheat inspections during the week ending April 9th were below a year ago but

The prospect of negative returns is forcing drastic decisions on a handful of Minnesota farms. Steve Zenk with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield a small segment of farmers

A farmer from northwest Missouri says he’s getting creative to overcome rising fertilizer costs and availability issues. Blake Hurst says he’s starting to apply chicken litter as fertilizer over the

Cash dairy prices were higher on Monday, except for butter at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.71.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0050 at $1.5825.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5750.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0025 at $1.7450.  Nine sales were recorded, ranging

The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University says Congress is still talking about more farmer assistance. “I think the how much and the how

The CEO of an ethanol plant in southern Minnesota says corn deliveries picked up ahead of planting season.“It was like harvest in the last couple weeks.” Brian Kletscher with Highwater