February 11, 2025

Some farmers and ag groups are concerned President Trump’s executive order to freeze conservation funding could impact those already committed to implementing climate smart practices.  A federal judge in Rhode Island has ordered the Trump administration to immediately unfreeze funding made possible by the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.  Josh Gackle is a farmer […] The post Growing concerns about frozen conservation payments appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of Kansas Farm Bureau says water quality continue to be a challenge throughout the state. Joe Newland tells Brownfield the concerns are vastly different depending on location. “We’re doing some preliminary testing as far as water injection on the Tuttle Creek Reservoir by Manhattan to see if we can clean out some of […] The post KFB president says water quality an ongoing challenge in Kansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The nation’s pork producers are still fighting for a Proposition 12 fix. Matthew Grill, senior director of Congressional relations with the National Pork Producers Council, says a new farm bill is the easiest fix for the California regulation that dictates animal husbandry guidelines. “We know in the House farm bill last year we had a […] The post Pork producers still fighting Prop 12 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ohio Farm Bureau’s president says farmers are facing more uncertainty as Congress delays farm bill conversations. Bill Patterson says the lack of a farm safety net is concerning. “If we had a new farm bill two years ago, we would not have needed the financial aid or the financial assistance that we ended up needing […] The post Uncertainty grows as farm bill stalls appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Michigan State University researcher says work continues to identify how highly pathogenic avian influenza transmission occurs in dairy cattle. Large animal veterinarian Dr. Zelmar Rodriguez in the College of Veterinary Medicine tells Brownfield, “The road that we know is playing a huge role is a cow-to-cow transmission, that plays within a herd, but also farm to farm.” […] The post HPAI dairy cattle research lasers in on transmission points appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A bill to ensure farm families have access to higher education has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Iowa Republican’s Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley introduced the bipartisan Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act, which Grassley says would codify what the Education Department has already confirmed. “Farm and small business assets should be exempt […] The post Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act introduced in U.S. Senate appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA increased its domestic cotton and rice ending stocks estimates. U.S. rice stocks are now pegged at 47 million hundredweight, up 3.5 million from January on higher imports and lower exports, which canceled out a gain in the domestic and residual use guess. The average 2024/25 farm price was cut $.20 to $15.40 per […] The post U.S. cotton, rice ending stocks projections rise appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A University of Missouri extension economist says there are signs the U.S. economy is slowing down. Ben Brown says consumers purchasing less goods impacts farmers. “Meat, and meat demand, and how that could impact grain markets,” he says, “but also how fuel consumption could impact not only ethanol and gasoline consumption, but also movement of […] The post Signs U.S. economy slowing down appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story