January 15, 2025

While many chiles are hot, hot, hot.  They can do more than just provide heat to your culinary dish.  There are several different kinds of chiles and they range from not-so-hot to incredibly hot.  AUDIO: Healthy Living on fresh chiles The post Get to know your fresh chiles appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

John Deere has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Minnesota and Illinois, claiming the company uses unfair practices that prevent farmers from repairing their own equipment. The suit, filed Wednesday claims Deere and Company forces farmers to rely on dealers to make repairs, driving up repair costs and extending equipment […] The post Deere & Company sued for alleged repair monopoly appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

2025 is a budget year for the Minnesota Legislature. Minnesota Farmers Union government relations director Stu Lourey says there are implications for agriculture. “Fundamentally, they’re charged with passing a new state budget for everything from road construction to meat inspections to potato grading.” He tells Brownfield the session is beginning with House Democrats and Republicans […] The post Power struggle an early storyline as Minnesota legislators work on budget appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Michigan State University entomologist says monitoring spotted lanternfly will help researchers better protect specialty crops in the region. Rufus Isaacs tells Brownfield, “It’s more in that southeast part of Michigan, thankfully, not where most of our fruit crops are grown.” “There’s been an extensive effort to survey both from the university, also through the […] The post MSU researchers following spotted lanternfly movement appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling. The trade continues to monitor weather in South America, with some disappointing early yield numbers in parts of southern Brazil. Still, those are very early harvested beans, most of the rest of Brazil has seen better weather, and there’s some talk any losses due to […] The post Soybeans drift lower, with corn, wheat mixed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up on the steady to higher cash business that developed on Wednesday.  February lives closed $1.12 higher at $198.52 and April lives closed $1.17 higher at $199.32.  March feeder cattle closed $1.60 higher at $269.80 and April feeders closed $1.57 higher at $270.12.  There was […] The post Cattle futures up watching direct business develop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mar. corn closed at $4.78 and 3/4, up 4 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.42 and 3/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $302.00, down $3.80Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.27, up 5 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.47, up 3/4 centFeb. live cattle closed at $198.52, up $1.12Mar. feeder cattle closed […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 15, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Pictured: Iowa farmer Nathan Anderson at the 2025 Practical Farmers of Iowa Conference (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A northwest Iowa farmer says he’s looking at some changes to his nutrient management plan. Nathan Anderson says he’s been collecting data for several years. “We learned a lot about the impacts that those different growing seasons have […] The post Adjusting your nutrient management plan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a commercial egg laying facility in Jay (east central) Indiana.  The Indiana Board of Animal Health say this is the second case confirmed in the county this year.  An active control and surveillance have been established in portions of Jay and Randolph Counties.  The flock of more […] The post Second Indiana HPAI case confirmed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Pictured: Iowa farmer Mark Peterson at the 2025 Practical Farmers of Iowa Conference (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A southwest Iowa farmer says he plans to start raising a third crop this year. Mark Peterson farms near Stanton in Montgomery County and says, “I would have to say that pretty well in my mind I know […] The post Iowa farmer says raising oats could be profitable appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story