June 3, 2025

The Senate Agriculture Committee is taking steps to end restrictions on whole and 2% milk in the National School Lunch Program. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley is a co-sponsor of the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, which would change current guidelines.  “The school lunch programs are only allowed to offer low-fat and fat-free milk,” he […] The post Grassley says kids deserve access to whole and 2% milk through school lunch programs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in western Kansas says weed pressure has gotten more intense this spring. Clay Schemm tells Brownfield he’s had trouble controlling some weeds after his pre-emergence application. “They are the ones where we have gotten a late flush of kochia and an early flush of pigweed. When you combine a good rain, with cloud […] The post Moisture means harder weed management for western Kansas farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip cover the 3rd Annual Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day  The post 3rd Annual Long-Term Agroecosystem Research Field Day  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip covers the State of the Western Lake Erie Basin Conference. The post State of the Western Lake Erie Basin Conference appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip covers the Michigan Wheat Program Field Day. The post Michigan Wheat Program Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Kentucky farmer says this has been the most challenging planting season in his more than two decades on the farm. Caleb Ragland says, “We’ve had either side of 45 inches of rainfall since January 1st.”  Kentucky’s average annual rainfall is 50 inches. Ragland was still planting corn on Monday.  “And it is far […] The post Weather continues to disrupt planting in the mid-South appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Illinois Corn Marketing Board believes that sustainable aviation fuel could be the next boon for corn demand. In this Managing for Profit, Dr. Steffen Mueller, principal economist at the University of Illinois-Chicago Energy Resources Center, discusses how checkoff funding is helping to expand research to ensure corn’s inclusion in the developing global SAF industry.  The post Sustainable Aviation Fuel Opportunities appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story