May 20, 2025

State officials say Wisconsin’s participation in the national milk testing strategy for the H5N1 virus will have little impact on producers. Adam Brock, the ag department’s Division Administrator for Food and Recreational Safety says Wisconsin chose to use a milk collection and testing system that was already in place for testing milk quality. “Those samples […] The post Wisconsin’s milk testing to use existing collection system appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says slugs are causing stand issues in some soybean fields. Stephanie Porter says the invertebrates thrive in cool, wet conditions. “Most of the field issues that I’ve looked at is maybe where the seed slot did not get totally shut and that’s where I have seen the […] The post Slugs impacting soybean stands appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Photos provided by the American Dairy Association Indiana. Indiana’s dairy industry will be front and center at this weekend’s 109th running of the Indianapolis 500.   For more than 20 years, two Indiana dairy producers have met the winner of the Indianapolis 500 in Victory Circle with a cold glass of milk. This year’s American Dairy Association […] The post Two Indiana farmers representing dairy at this year’s Indianapolis 500 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Global Dairy Trade index fell nine-tenths of a percentage point Tuesday, marking the first decline after three straight events with sizable gains.  The last event two weeks ago saw the index jump 4.6%. Mozzarella cheese and anhydrous milk fat gained value, while lactose, Cheddar cheese, butter and powder products lost value. There were 110 […] The post Global Dairy Trade index down Tuesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

USDA has ten new agriculture-related policy proposals designed to help serve family farm operations. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins spoke in Nebraska Monday, where she announced USDA’s Family Farmer First Initiative as part of the Make Agriculture Great Again agenda. “I think there’s been a lot of conversation around what and how we keep America strong, […] The post USDA announces small family farm initiative appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ag stakeholders are anxiously awaiting a report from the Make America Healthy Again Commission. U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says in meetings with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ahead of his confirmation hearing, Kennedy assured him he was supportive of farmers using tools like pesticides and GMO’s. “Secretary Kennedy also committed to […] The post Grassley seeks transparency with upcoming MAHA report appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A wheat breeder at the University of Illinois says the weather has been hard on some of the state’s wheat crop. Dr. Jessica Rutkoski says some area’s saw a dry fall that impacted stands. “In some cases, there was some uneven emergence.”  She says, “I think that was detrimental because if it was too late […] The post Illinois wheat crop under examination appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, cool, rainy weather has curtailed nearly all fieldwork.  Any lingering warmth is limited to the lower Ohio Valley, where Tuesday’s high temperatures will top 80°F.  Meanwhile, Tuesday’s maximum temperatures will remain below 50°F across large sections of the upper Midwest.  Prior to this week’s unsettled weather, nearly two-thirds (66%) of the […] The post An active weather pattern across much of the Heartland; flooding & severe southward appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story