April 14, 2025

Small grain and corn planting is underway in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says oats are 9 percent seeded, spring wheat is at 1 percent, and 1 percent of the state’s intended corn acres are planted. Farmers are also doing tillage and applying fertilizer and manure. Topsoil moisture supplies are rated at 70 percent […] The post Corn planting officially underway in Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Central Kansas farmer Rick Schlender says he’s been impressed by his winter wheat crop so far. “The wheat looks really good. We were blessed with a good rainfall in November and the wheat that was in the ground and up at that time and responded well.” The latest crop progress and condition report from USDA […] The post Kansas winter wheat condition holds steady appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Planting remains in the early stages across Iowa. USDA’s latest weekly crop report says most fieldwork has consisted of tillage, oat seeding, and fertilizer applications. Oats are 47 percent planted, three days behind last year but three days ahead of the five-year average.  Six percent has emerged, matching the usual pace. Topsoil moisture conditions are […] The post Most Iowa farmers continue planting prep appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The executive director of public policy for Indiana Farm Bureau says farmers will see property tax relief over the next few years. Andy Tauer says an amended version of Senate Bill 1 passed out of the Indiana House. “This bill looks significantly different than it did when it left the Senate back in late February,” […] The post Indiana property tax relief bill nears the finish line appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Much of Michigan is still too cold and wet for field activities. Presque Isle County’s Christian Tolllini tells Brownfield early field activities are about on pace for mid-April despite the massive ice storm that moved across Northern Michigan. “If we continue to get some sunshine and some warmer temps that we’ve been getting this past […] The post Michigan remains cold and wet appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Ohio farmer says wet conditions are delaying the start of the 2025 planting season. Jim Percival raises corn and soybeans in Greene County. “It’s very, very wet,” he says. “We had 6 inches of rain there a couple weeks ago, and people have just stayed out of the field.” He tells Brownfield he’s […] The post Wet conditions delaying start of planting season for Ohio appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cool and wet conditions continued to slow most Wisconsin farmers last week.  USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says northern Wisconsin still has some areas with frost in the ground, and most of the state is too wet for fieldwork.  The exceptions are in the southern counties and central sands regions where spring tillage and some […] The post Wisconsin too cool and wet for most fieldwork appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A west central Indiana farmer says he’s about a week away from starting the 2025 planting season. Kevin Cox farms in Parke County. “Not very excited about doing any planting this week,” he says. “This front’s coming in over the weekend and they’re talking about four or five days of rain here Friday. They’re talking […] The post West central Indiana farmer still a week out from planting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were mixed, with nearby contracts down and deferred months up. Beans adjusted spreads, continuing to monitor tariff talks. Not a lot of public progress on that front recently, but negotiations with several nations are reportedly ongoing. Brazil’s harvest is nearing the finish, while Argentina’s is ongoing, albeit with some rain delays. Soybean export inspections […] The post Soybeans mixed to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says spring rain allowed Illinois farmers to only make minimal planting progress last week.  Ogle County farmer, and president of Illinois Farm Bureau, Brian Duncan says he’ll get started this week. “Spring work has gone at a record pace here, so spring ammonia has been put on.”  He says, “We’ll get a bean […] The post Minimal Illinois planting progress, so far appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story