April 14, 2025

The leader of a crop inputs business says farmers are planning to plant more corn this spring.  Leah Anderson is Senior Vice President of Land O Lakes, and President of their WinField United crops division.  She tells Brownfield the economic fundamentals just push growers in that direction, but the timing of those decisions is different […] The post More corn & later planting decisions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Western Kentucky farmer Davie Stephens says they’re just starting to get back into the field after receiving nearly 15 inches of rain recently. “But not with any ag equipment,” he says.  “But with backhoes and dozers.  We’ve had levees breech and we’re having to do a lot of repair to the land and pushing sand […] The post Flooding in Kentucky continues to slow planting progress appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A commodities economist says farmers should be proactive marketing new crop because there’s still a downside risk ahead for prices. Arlan Suderman is with StoneX Group. “We’re not out of the woods by any means. We need to defend the equity built in our farms from recent years and protect downside risk by using some […] The post Take a proactive grain marketing approach appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The people between the Wisconsin farmer and the consumer were recognized during the Specialty Meat Products Championships.  Jake Sailer tells Brownfield the competition is held during the Wisconsin Association of Meat Processors conference in Middleton every April.  Sailer says processors enter meat products in 38 classes. “Those products get judged and evaluated by PhDs from […] The post Wisconsin Specialty Meat Products Championships held appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Despite a condition rating improvement in the last week, dry conditions have taken a toll on South Dakota’s winter wheat. “I think we’ve got some stands that look good and other stands look poor.” South Dakota Wheat Commission Executive Director Jon Kleinjan says there has been at least half an inch of rain in some […] The post Variable winter wheat conditions in South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Spring storms have made a dent in Tennessee’s drought conditions and caused some historic flooding. The USDA says topsoil and subsoil moisture levels are both at a 30 percent surplus. Rains continued to green up pastures which improved to 53 percent rated good to excellent over the past week. Winter wheat is rated 69 percent […] The post Historic Tennessee flooding delaying fieldwork appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Iowa farmer is concerned about tight margins. Carl Jardon of Randolph says input costs remain high. “Of course our price for corn and soybeans has come down, so margins are tight.” He tells Brownfield uncertainty in the ag economy is causing more risk. “It’s kind of scary. The last couple years I only […] The post Iowa farmer concerned about tight margins appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Aaron Porter farms in southeast Missouri and he says recent rains and flooding have delayed planting. “Typically, we’d like to plant soybeans first, but due to the almost 12 inches of rain we got last week, that put us off so we’ll switch to soybeans shortly after corn, getting that done in the next week. […] The post USDA says corn planting pace slower in Missouri appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Nebraska farmer says he’s waiting for warmer weather before spring planting begins. Andy Jobman raises corn and soybeans near Gothenburg. “We still have soils that are continuing to warm up and if we don’t have any cold, wet spells in the forecast in about a week to 10 days, we’ll probably start getting […] The post Nebraska corn planting slowly picking up pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Weather slowed fieldwork for Arkansas farmers.  USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says just 3.6 days were suitable for fieldwork in the week ending Sunday.  Recent weather has also soaked soils.  Fifty-four percent of the state’s cropland has surplus moisture and 44% has adequate moisture.  Fifty-nine percent of subsoil also has surplus moisture and 39% has […] The post Planting ahead of average despite wet Arkansas conditions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story