December 10, 2024

The USDA has raised its 2024 and 2025 combined red meat and poultry production outlooks. For this year, beef was up from November on higher slaughter rates and average dressed weights, while the gains in poultry were mostly based on recent production data. 2024 pork was down on the month due to lighter dressed weights […] The post USDA increases red meat, poultry estimates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The former chair of the Indiana Soybean Alliance says the uncertainty of the biofuels industry is weighing on U.S. farmers. Brazil, Indiana farmer Kevin Cox says a recent visit to Capitol Hill focused on the future availability of biofuel tax credits. “There’s some tax benefits for the blenders credits that are going to be going […] The post Emphasizing the importance of biofuels appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Pictured: Brownfield’s Brent Barnett (right) talks to Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson at the 2024 Iowa Farm Bureau annual meeting in Des Moines. An optimistic look at President-elect Trump’s tariff discussions. Iowa Farm Bureau President Brent Johnson says the tariff threats shouldn’t come as a surprise. “There is a history there, of course. We’ve […] The post Tariff discussions taking place at Iowa Farm Bureau’s annual meeting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

La Crosse, Indiana Denise Scarborough has been elected as the chair of the Indiana Soybean Alliance. She will lead the state’s soybean checkoff program, which is focused on developing new markets and promoting ways to use Indiana soybeans. Scarborough and her husband, Mark, raise soybeans and corn, seed corn and wheat on their farm in LaPorte […] The post New Indiana Soybean Alliance chair elected appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA continues to project a larger cotton crop in 2024 than 2023. Upland cotton production is seen at 13.757 million bales, less than 1% above November and 17% higher than last year. That higher production guess followed an increase in the average yield estimate, up 3 pounds per acre to 782, with no change […] The post Upland cotton crop estimate up on month, year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA has tightened the domestic balance sheets for corn and wheat. Corn ending stocks are seen at 1.738 billion bushels, a drop of 200 million from November, with the USDA raising its export and ethanol use projections. The wheat carryout is pegged at 795 million bushels, 20 million less than last month on an […] The post U.S. corn, wheat ending stocks down on month appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The executive director of the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health says aquaculture is one of the fastest growing food production systems in the world. Gena Perry says it’s an opportunity for farmers to increase demand for U.S. soy. “It’s expanding at nearly twice the global average, and it’s reaching up to 23% in […] The post Investing in the aquaculture industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story