April 29, 2025

More than 20 Minnesota FFA students pledged to become ag teachers during the Minnesota FFA Convention Tuesday. Twenty-two Minnesota FFA members signed with nine universities and technical colleges during a ceremony to demonstrate the students’ intention to join the ranks of teachers who have instructed, coached, and mentored them. One of them is Glencoe-Silver Lake […] The post Minnesota FFA students commit to ag education appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The recent rains have kept west-central Missouri farmer Ronnie Russell from wrapping up corn planting. “The last day I planted was this past Saturday and I was pushing it a little bit, because we’d had recent rains of about 1.5 inches.” He says a lot of corn in his area of the state was planted […] The post Rains delay corn planting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Environmental Protection Agency could be moving forward with plans to address PFAS or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination from biosolids as part of recently announced action plans. Administrator Lee Zeldin says the agency will target the forever chemicals from all program offices, advance research and testing, and provide certainty for passive receivers, like farmers. The […] The post EPA’s PFAS plan includes path forward for biosolids appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. 18% of the U.S. crop is planted, faster than average, and with generally favorable conditions expected this week. Globally, soybeans are monitoring Argentina’s harvest, with Brazil’s harvest essentially wrapped up for the season. The USDA’s updated supply, demand, and production numbers are out May 12th, with CONAB’s […] The post Planting progress pressures soybeans, corn appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chair of the Indiana Senate Ag Committee says the state’s farmers will have added protections in the event of a grain elevator failure. Jean Leising says Senate Bill 461 provides regulatory clarifications for grain buyers.  “It changes when a license can be taken away from a dealership,” she says. “A grain buyer just has to […] The post Grain indemnity bill provides needed changes for Indiana farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Photo of Jim McCormick by Brent Barnett/Brownfield An ag economist says the trade dispute between the U.S. and China has created some uncertainty for the commodity markets. “These tariffs that we have on their products and they have on our products, you can’t keep this going,” said Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net. McCormick says there are […] The post Back and forth trade dispute leads to continued market volatility appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

For the first time an urban chapter has been named the Premier FFA Chapter in Minnesota.  Highland Park Senior High ag teacher and FFA advisor Harley Brown says the St. Paul school launched its FFA chapter ten years ago and has grown into one of the top chapters in the state. “It’s really exciting for […] The post St. Paul Highland Park named Minnesota Premier FFA Chapter appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says the markets haven’t been impacted by planting delays in parts of the Midwest. University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says some areas have received a good amount of moisture over the last week. “People always want you to come out and say ‘we’re way behind and the market should be rallying.’ Don’t […] The post Corn, soybean markets monitor planting weather appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in southeastern South Dakota says planting progress has slowed due to wet conditions. Brian Hefty farms nearly 3500 acres with his brother Darren near Sioux Falls. “We’re dealing with the same things everyone else is right now. We’ve been out of the field for almost a week here because of the rain.” He […] The post Farmer discusses planting delays in southern South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story