May 30, 2025

A market analyst says expanding market access may not solve the long-term challenges facing American agriculture. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net says trade agreements in principle with the United Kingdom and Japan may not move needle much. “They’re small societies. They’re not going to have a big impact buying grain.” He tells Brownfield India and China […] The post Trade isn’t always the answer for increasing demand for ag products appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southern Illinois agronomist says the region’s wheat crop looks promising. John Pike, who’s based in Williamson County, says despite a dry fall and wet spring the crop is showing good potential. “I think yield wise; the crop has looked good all through the season.”  He says, “It was a challenge to get a lot […] The post Southern Illinois wheat promising appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, cool and showery weather is renewing fieldwork delays in the Ohio River Valley, while mostly sunny skies are facilitating final corn and soybean planting elsewhere.  Topsoil moisture as of May 25 was rated 50% or more adequate everywhere save for Nebraska, where topsoil moisture was rated 50% short to very short. […] The post Weather still cool, unsettled across parts of the Corn Belt; a warm-up on the northern Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast States into New England as well as northern California and neighboring locales.  Conversely, cooler-than-normal conditions are anticipated over central portions of the Rockies and Great Plains.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall from the central and […] The post Temps to vary across the Heartland; additional rainfall opportunities for some drought regions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story