Farm News

Corn harvest is 94% complete in Indiana

Tuesday, November 12

Harvest is winding down in Indiana. According to the latest crop progress and conditions report from the USDA, corn is 94 percent harvested for grain. Soybeans are 96 percent harvested. Winter wheat is 62 percent adequate to surplus, 92 percent planted, and 71 percent emerged. Topsoil moisture is...

A dry, early, and likely profitable harvest

Tuesday, November 12

A dry harvest is helping keep one Michigan farmer get closer to breakeven. Scott Wilson tells Brownfield it’s pretty rare when corn goes directly from the combine to the bin on his Sanilac County farm. “From a corn standpoint, I think that the drying...

Bosse: U.S. dairy poised to lead global trade increases

Tuesday, November 12

An ag economist says U.S. dairy farmers have a global advantage when it comes to additional trade opportunities. Dan Bosse with Ag Resource tells Brownfield, “Europe cannot expand anymore because of environmental and because of issues of high grain costs and other issues regulatorily...

NCFC CEO to retire

Tuesday, November 12

The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives has started a nationwide search for their next CEO. Chuck Conner is set to retire on December 31, 2025. Conner has led the organization for over 15 years, supporting NCFC’s strategies to support farmer-owned cooperatives across the U.S. NCFC says...

How the pork checkoff benefits farmers

Tuesday, November 12

A past president of the National Pork Board says the checkoff is focused on developing new markets both domestically and internationally. Jan Archer says value chain partnerships could help improve demand. “The checkoff has relied a lot on international markets to buoy the money...

Minnesota Farm Bureau president “all over the board” on lame duck farm bill

Tuesday, November 12

The president of Minnesota Farm Bureau isn’t sure what to think of a lame duck farm bill. “I’ve been all over the board, and you talk to so-called experts and they’re all over the board.” Dan Glessing, who farms near Waverly in central Minnesota,...

U.S. export inspections above a week ago

Tuesday, November 12

The USDA says corn and wheat export inspections as of week ending November 7th continue to run ahead of what’s needed to meet expectations for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year kicked off June 1st for wheat and September 1st for beans,...

Ag economist keeping an eye on how potential tariffs could impact trade

Tuesday, November 12

An ag economist says there could be some disruptions to trade in 2025. Tyler Cozzens, with the Livestock Marketing Information Center, tells Brownfield… “There’s definitely been some talk about tariffs. That can be a headwind to things moving forward.” He says how potential tariffs...

Is the renewable diesel boom over?

Tuesday, November 12

An ag economist says U.S biodiesel expansion projects will likely remain on hold unless new policies incentivize more demand. Scott Irwin with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield new processing capacity has increased biodiesel production to more than four billion gallons over the past...

A year in review

Tuesday, November 12

A western Indiana farmer says he wrapped up the 2024 harvest season this past weekend. Kevin Cox says he was pleasantly surprised with the yields. “We probably wound up with the top five crop, which as low as commodity prices have been and as high...

Artificial intelligence will soon help farmers with seed and crop protection

Tuesday, November 12

Artificial Intelligence tools are rapidly being developed to do many tasks. A seed and crop protection company is preparing an artificial intelligence tool to help the smaller number of crop consultants access decades of data to help farmers get the answers they need. We’ll...

Cattle futures mostly higher ahead of direct trade

Monday, November 11

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were steady to modestly higher ahead of the week’s direct business, while feeders were up on the lower move in corn. December live was unchanged at $183.70 and February was up $.07 at $185.37. January feeders were $.82...