April 4, 2025

The president and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says the biggest area of concern for the announced tariffs are in Asia. Dan Halstrom says Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are at the top of the list. “These are very high value markets that have a big following for US high-quality grain fed beef […] The post Not a time to speculate when it comes to retaliatory tariffs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The executive director of the Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD) says a new proposal in the General Assembly offers a potential long-term funding solution for local districts. Eliot Clay tells Brownfield the bill would impose a new per acre fee for taking agricultural land out of production. “It’ll charge a $275 […] The post Proposed legislation offers long-term SWCD funding solution appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin has its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza for 2025. The Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says a commercial poultry farm in Sheboygan County has been affected by the virus.  Forty-thousand egg laying chickens with the H5N1 virus will be depopulated at the farm to prevent the spread of the disease. […] The post New HPAI case confirmed in Wisconsin appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Production was down for most dairy products in February.  USDA’s monthly report shows the only products with more production were frozen yogurt, which was up 2.7% from February of last year and butter, which was 2.6% higher than a year ago.  Butter production did dip from January 7.1% with 203 million pounds produced in February. […] The post February dairy product production mostly lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An economist says dairy cattle genetics have made major strides over the past five years. Corey Geiger with CoBank says since 1965, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding has regularly adjusted genetic base evaluations to reflect progress. “Butterfat in Holsteins will shift by 45 pounds, and protein by 30 pounds, and that butterfat number’s almost double any number that’s […] The post Dairy genetic evaluation reset reflects component gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farm real estate specialist says there have been some milestone farmland sales popping up across parts of the Midwest. Jim Rothermich with Iowa Appraisal says a 160-acre farm in northwestern Iowa recently sold for more than $21,000 per acre. “That’s one way to gauge how good the Iowa land market is doing is how […] The post Some farmland sales eclipsing $20K per acre this spring appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says farm incomes could be negative for growers who rent a larger portion of their land. Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield farmers could lose about $70 per acre given current commodity prices and an average cash rent of $340 per acre. “Land rental markets simply haven’t caught up to the […] The post Cash rents could put farmers into the red appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist at the University of Illinois says farmers shouldn’t wait until the deadline to enroll in risk management programs. Nick Paulson says considering this year’s commodity price expectations will help farmers choose between agriculture risk coverage or price loss coverage. “Every day these could change, every week these could change,” he says. “It’s […] The post Don’t wait until April 15th to make ARC and PLC decisions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Southwest Nebraska farmer is still recovering from a 2022 wildfire. Jan TenBensel tells Brownfield the fire damage is unlike anything he’s ever seen. “That fire burned so hot it did something to the makeup of the ground and we’re really struggling to get that that fixed.” In April of 2022, a massive wildfire scorched […] The post Nebraska farmer still faces long road of recovery from 2022 wildfire appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story