January 31, 2025

Photo by Farmacy Seed and Chemical. Emily Keiser, a marketing and sales specialist at local Beck’s dealer Farmacy Seed and Chemical, says the new site will help farmers have local access to Beck’s products and research. The new warehouse is located in Gothenburg, Nebraska. AUDIO: Emily Keiser The post Beck’s expands Nebraska footprint with new seed warehouse appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower with very little trading Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was down $0.02 at $0.64.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0575 at $1.8775. No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0550 at $1.81.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0175 at […] The post Cash dairy market lower with little Friday activity appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking policy with the American Bankers Association says the organization is still concerned about the ag economy. Ed Elfmann tells Brownfield, “When I say we’re very nervous, that’s a nice way of saying we’re pretty terrified of where this could go.”  He says, “We saw it coming […] The post Ag bankers concerned over ag economy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Pictured: Justin Glisan, state climatologist in Iowa (Photo credit: Brownfield) Iowa’s state climatologist says he’s concerned about river levels across the region. Justin Glisan tells Brownfield he’s been tracking the Missouri and Mississippi rivers. “They still continue to be low. These states within the Upper Midwest that feed into the Missouri and Mississippi Basins have […] The post Mississippi, Missouri River levels remain low appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Wisconsin crop farmer is expecting another year without profit. Ken Rosenow raises corn and soybeans near Oconomowoc and works with the U.S. Grains Council.  He tells Brownfield the numbers don’t look good for 2025 right now. “I’ve got quite a few things bought already. I’ve got a few more things to do and you […] The post Crop farmer expects another year in the red appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An environmental group is helping pork producers focus on sustainability. Sara Crawford, senior vice president of sustainability for Eocene, says they’ve been working with the National Pork Board since 2018 to help the industry meet its environmental goals. “National Pork Board was looking for a provider to help with greenhouse gas emissions and accounting. Also, […] The post Eocene continues collaboration with pork producers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of the National Pork Board says the U.S. pork industry turned a corner in 2024. Bill Even tells Brownfield, “2022-2023 was very difficult for our producers financially,” he said. “We just had really large cost increases due to inflation, and then high feed input costs. It just really pushed our producers under water […] The post Bill Even discusses pork profitability in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Live cattle imports from Mexico haven’t resumed, and a livestock economist says the longer the ban continues, the more impact it will have on the markets. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) temporarily suspended imports of live cattle and bison from Mexico on November 22, 2024. The ban […] The post Ban on live cattle imports from Mexico continues to impact industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story