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Ethanol exports soaring in 2024, RFA says

The head of the Renewable Fuels Association says 2024 could be a record-breaking year for U.S. ethanol exports. Geoff Cooper says that’s despite a tough rural economic environment. “Ethanol exports are really going gangbusters for us this year. We expect somewhere around 2 billion...

Syngenta helping growers manage corn rootworm

Syngenta’s David Schlake tells Brownfield the company has new corn rootworm technology that can help farmers combat the pest. He spoke to Brownfield at the 2024 Farm Progress Show. The post

Ag companies adjust to weakening farm economy

(Pictured: AgroLiquid’s Ryan Harbison at the 2024 Farm Progress Show – Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) Some ag companies have made changes to help farmers navigate the current economic downturn. Chris Turner, chief commercial officer with Pivot Bio, says they’ve adjusted nitrogen rates for 2025....

Grain storage a big topic at Farm Progress Show

Grain handling and storage has been one of the biggest topics at the 2024 Farm Progress Show. Sukup Manufacturing chairman Charles Sukup tells Brownfield as farmers face lower commodity prices, they can take control of their marketing by storing grain. Sukup territory manager Kent...

Kubota showcases RTV-X diesel utility vehicle

Kubota highlighted the new features of its RTV-X during the Farm Progress Show. Product marketing specialist Andrew Pittard tells Brownfield the revised hood has a more muscular look, the tires are more heavy duty and multipurpose, and the premium model has a pro-convert cargo...

Agronomist calls 2024 growing season very unique

An agronomist suggests the 2024 growing season has been quite unique.  Tony Lenz covers Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota for Stine Seed and says he’s expecting a wide range of corn and soybean yields this fall. “We’ve got some areas that have drought,...

Variable cash rental agreements gaining popularity

The Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers says variable cash rental agreements are gaining popularity. Luke Worrell, chair of the organization’s Farmland Values & Lease Trends Committee, says the group’s mid-year survey shows 35% of leases in the state are now...

Southern Illinois farmer optimistic headed into harvest

A southern Illinois farmer says despite some challenges he has high hopes for the upcoming harvest. Granvil Travis, who farms in Massac County, tells Brownfield… “I don’t know that we’ll have a record crop at the end, but I’m pretty optimistic that we’ll have...

New technology helping water management in the Ogallala Aquifer

Research is moving forward on best practices for water management and a demonstration held in southwest Kansas earlier this summer helped show one way new technology is helping. We hear from Jas Dale, with Western Kansas Irrigation, Brandon Depenbusch with Irsik & Doll feedyard...

A brief cool-off ahead for the Heartland; more late-season warmth, heat ahead

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures along and west of a line from western New Mexico to northwestern Minnesota, and from coastal Texas to the southern Atlantic Coast, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the mid-South, mid-Atlantic,...

Researcher doubts USDA soybean yield estimates

A soybean researcher has doubts about the accuracy of USDA’s projected soybean yields this year.  Shawn Conley with the University of Wisconsin says, “I think these yield estimates for NASS are overexagerated.” Conley tells Brownfield his boot-on-the-ground observations combined with nationwide satellite imagery don’t...
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