May 12, 2025

2025 U.S. winter wheat production is expected to be up 2% from 2024. The USDA currently has the crop at 1.382 billion bushels, with a year-to-year improvement in yield to 53.7 bushels per acre expected to cancel out a slight decline in harvested area to 25.718 million acres. That total includes a 2% gain for […] The post USDA projects larger winter wheat crop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Farmers in north-central and northeast Iowa are seeing minimal weed and pest pressure. Iowa Soybean Association research agronomist Shane Beck says fields “look pretty clean.” “I did see a corn field last week that had some velvet leaf coming, but nothing I was super concerned with yet. It looks like the preemergence worked really well.” […] The post Some Upper Midwest farmers seeing minimal weed and pest pressure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA is projecting big new crop corn and wheat ending stocks. The USDA has the carryout for new crop corn at 1.8 billion bushels, expecting a big crop along with record supply and total use, while trimming old stocks 50 million bushels to 1.415 billion on export demand expectations. The average estimated 2024/25 farm […] The post USDA sees big new crop corn, wheat ending stocks appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The executive director of Farmers for Free Trade is encouraged by the U.S. and China agreeing to drastically roll back tariffs. Brian Kuehl calls Monday’s announcement a step in the right direction. “Any progress with China is good. China is one of our largest export markets for U.S. ag and food products, right up there […] The post Farmers for Free Trade welcomes temporary tariff truce with China appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The President and CEO of the US Meat Export Federation says the U.S. trade agreement in principle with China is good news for beef and pork exports. Dan Halstrom says the deal significantly drops tariff rates for muscle cuts and variety meats. “Currently, we’re seeing US pork into China being tariffed at 172%,” he says.  […] The post Trade agreement in principle with China a “good first step for U.S. beef and pork exports” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Evidence showing that SOYLEIC non-GMO soybeans make excellent dairy cow rations bodes well both for SOYLEIC soybean growers and dairy producers. The high oleic SOYLEIC soybeans were developed thanks to Soybean Checkoff support, by the Missouri Soybeans. The post SOYLEIC Soybeans Benefits Expand to Growers and Dairy Farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says corn export inspections as of the week ending May 8th remain well ahead of the pace needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year began June 1st for wheat and September 1st for corn, sorghum, and soybeans. Wheat came out at 405,170 tons, down 6,641 from the […] The post Mixed week for grain, oilseed export inspections appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Research shows that African Swine Fever can survive several freeze/thaw cycles which could make it easier to enhance biosecurity and detection efforts. Jacob Gebhardt, associate professor of swine production with Kansas State, says the virus can be stored or transported over longer periods of time. “If we’re in a very remote area, we don’t have rapid […] The post New K-State study provides additional insight ASF detection appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Wisconsin dairy farmer was so impressed by an experiment with high-oleic soybeans that he’s planting his own this year.  Evan Schrauth runs Cloven View Holsteins in Fond du Lac county, where he’s planting Pioneer’s Plenish soybeans along with his corn because of the difference the high oleic soybean meal has made. “The actual seed is […] The post Dairy sees improvements using high oleic soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story