February 7, 2025

A livestock and poultry economist says consumer demand will drive how producers are able to rebuild their flocks from highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks. Executive Director of LEAP Market Analytics Mark Jordan tells Brownfield the virus has been relentless. “It’s beginning to overwhelm the industry’s ability to kind of fight back,” he says. Jordan says […] The post Economist says consumer demand is influencing poultry restocking appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Illinois farmer says implementing new sprayer technologies has helped boost performance on his operation. Product manager for research and development at Precision Planting Luke Stuber says the biggest challenge is learning how new technologies fit the needs of his farm. “With many sprayer passes, they’re making both residuals and contacts in it,” he says. […] The post How to use new sprayer technologies effectively appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agricultural lender says farmers are finding ways to make it through the down ag economy. Tyler Martin with Compeer Financial says interest rates are higher than before but also closer to normal. “I’ve only been in the industry about 15 to 20 years, and at the end of the day, interest rates are about […] The post Farm financials better than expected appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Wisconsin Corn Growers Association is fifty years old, and the Wisconsin Corn Promotion Board has been managing the corn checkoff for forty of them.  Cal Dalton farms near Endeavor has been there through the checkoff’s history. “I first started as a sales representative from Mid State going to Corn Expo just as an exhibitor […] The post Wisconsin farmer recalls early corn checkoff days appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says imposing wide-reaching tariffs on America’s largest trading partners is bad for business. Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says even though proposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada have been paused for thirty days, the threat remains. “One of the problems with this is the instability that it […] The post Budzinski says ‘sledgehammer’ tariff policy bad for business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior merchandiser at Illinois-based Clarkson Grain says proposed tariffs on countries like Canada could boost organic grain markets. Kelsey Graber tells Brownfield, “In the organic space we import a lot of organics.”  She says, “There’s a lot of concerns around the integrity of the organic grains coming in from other countries.  So, you know […] The post Tariffs could boost organic grain markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story