April 25, 2025

Wisconsin’s online weather and soil monitoring network has received some upgrades. Christopher Kucharik is with the Wisconsin Energy Institute, a part of the University of Wisconsin in Madison.  He tells Brownfield the Wisconet environmental mesonet just launched a new website improving free and easy access to their network of monitoring stations.  He says each station […] The post Wisconsin weather monitoring network expands, gets new website appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The National Weather Service in Omaha will resume weather balloon launches this week to help provide more accurate information to the region’s ag producers. Congressman Mike Flood of Nebraska says this is good news for farmers and ranchers. “Without that atmospheric data from weather balloons, it compromises the forecasting precision when you’re trying to figure […] The post NWS office resumes balloon launches with additional staff to support communities, agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

There are increasing reports of crop pests migrating north into the Midwest. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says there’s been significant black cutworm moth and true armyworm moth flights the past two weeks. “They’re migratory (so) they fly up from the south (and) are attracted to the green growing areas, so weedy fields, […] The post Crop pests migrating into Midwest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of Minnesota Pork is emphasizing the potential harm trade wars can have on agriculture. Todd Selvik says tariffs cause retaliation and uncertainty. “It would be really good to get our opinions out there, to tell people the state of the industry and that we’re not unscathed by all this stuff.” The Waseca crop […] The post Minnesota Pork president concerned about tariff harm appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A market analyst says farmers should consider making smaller and more frequent sales to improve their grain marketing strategy. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing says getting started can be the hardest part, “If you sell some early, it’s easier to sell more on a rally.” He tells Brownfield rallies can be short-lived and futures […] The post Smaller, more frequent farmer selling could help grain marketing appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were mixed, with nearby months ending the week higher. The trade was monitoring the early U.S. planting pace, expecting some delays, and Argentina’s harvest, which is behind due to rain. The Buenos Aires Grain Exchange says 14.5% of the crop has been harvested. Beans continue to wait for any real thaw in the tariff […] The post Quiet, mixed end to the week for soybeans, corn, wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, feeders were higher, waiting for the week’s direct trade to develop. June live cattle closed $.25 higher at $208.25 and August live cattle were unchanged at $204.10.  May feeder cattle closed $1.45 higher at $290.52 and August feeder cattle closed $1.60 higher at $294.30.  It took […] The post Hog futures supported by cash and wholesale business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

States could soon be responsible for routine federal food safety inspections if budget proposals being considered by the Trump administration move forward. Joe Reardon with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture is a former Senior Advisor for Federal-State Relations with the Food and Drug Administration. He tells Brownfield work to integrate the food safety systems has […] The post Routine federal food safety inspections need resources to move to states appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in northeast Arkansas says he’s still waiting to replant after several thousand acres of his cropland flooded earlier this month. Jeff Rutledge says flood recovery is a long process and there’s more rain in the forecast. “For now, we’re just trying to make due and salvage what crop we can, salvage the field […] The post Rice farmer says fields still flooded appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A recent trade mission to southeast Asia was an opportunity for farmers to highlight the value of U.S. corn. Wyandot County farmer Nate Bair says the quality of U.S. corn is what sets it apart in the global market. “It was a corn quality rollout and kind of giving a recap of what the corn […] The post Trade mission highlights value of U.S. corn in Southeast Asia appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story