April 3, 2025

Iowa Senate may debate a pipeline-related bill

Senate committee has overhauled a wide-ranging bill that key House members said would “clean up the mess” the Iowa Utilities Commission created by granting a pipeline permit to Summit Carbon Solutions. Republican Senator Mike Bousselot of Ankeny has proposed a 34-page alternative and it got support from the other Republicans on the Senate Commerce Committee. […] View Full Story

New U.S. retaliatory tariffs will impact ag

U.S. President Donald Trump says “kind, not full” retaliatory tariffs went into effect midnight for more than 50 trading partners, including China. “We’re going to be charging a discounted reciprocal tariff of 34 percent. In other words, they charge us, we charge them. We charge them less, so how can anybody be upset?” There are […] The post New U.S. retaliatory tariffs will impact ag appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Montgomery wins 2025 International CCA of the Year

A central Illinois-based agronomist with Beck’s Hybrids has been named the 2025 International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year. “Really, really blown away. A little humbled in some ways to be standing with a crowd like that.” Matt Montgomery, who’s spent decades serving Illinois farmers and is currently the agronomy education lead with Beck’s, says […] The post Montgomery wins 2025 International CCA of the Year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story