March 12, 2025

U.S. turkey hatchery numbers were down in February. Those declines came as poultry producers continue to get hit hard by the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The USDA says there were 24.517 million turkey eggs in incubation at the start of March, down 1% on the year, while the number of poults hatched during […] The post Turkey hatchery numbers show HPAI impact appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Broiler hatchery numbers continue to point towards higher production in 2025 than 2024. The USDA says 252.417 million broiler-type eggs entered incubation last week, rising 991,000 from the previous week and 3% from a year ago, with average hatchability improving fractionally to 78.9%. 192.663 million broiler-type chicks were sent to meat production, an increase of […] The post Broiler hatchery numbers see another rise appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says export values hit a new monthly high with nearly all major product categories seeing increased shipments in January. U.S. dairy shipments were up nearly half a percent while values jumped 20 percent to $714 million. Exports of cheese were up 22 percent on the year and hit a shipping […] The post Added processing supporting new dairy shipment records in January appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Waters of the United States Rule is getting a revamp – again. The U.S. EPA says to date, the agency has failed to follow the law and implement the Supreme Court’s clear holding in Sackett vs. EPA and Americans need to know which waters are subject to federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act. […] The post Trump admin’s EPA to revisit Waters of United States appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. ethanol supply remains near multi-year highs. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says domestic stocks of 27.376 million barrels were up 87,000 on the week and 1.594 million on the year, holding very close to the recent almost five-year high because of slower demand. The Renewable Fuels Association says net inputs of ethanol purchased […] The post U.S. ethanol stocks expand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A national farm group leader says he doesn’t expect a new farm bill to be completed this year. Fred Yoder serves as a co-chair to the nonprofit Solutions from the Land and on the steering committee of the political action group AGree. “We’ll just go ahead and keep extending this until we come to our […] The post Bullish on yet another farm bill extension appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers from the southeastern United States sent a letter to Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins asking her to expedite the rulemaking process for disaster relief. The letter says following the catastrophic damages caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton, ag producers are relying heavily on USDA to efficiently and fairly disperse the […] The post Lawmakers ask Rollins to expedite disaster relief appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story