June 23, 2025

A south-central Nebraska farmer says corn and soybean crop conditions are extremely variable. Randy Uhrmacher tells Brownfield that moisture has been hit-or-miss this spring. “I don’t see any records happening this year, at least on our farm, unless things turn and will be perfect here on out.” According to the USDA, 70 percent of the […] The post Crop conditions in Nebraska are inconsistent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in eastern South Dakota says his crops look good. Todd Hanten says he was able to start planting early, and his crops were ahead of schedule.  “As far as growing degree units, we’re on par for normal,” he says.  “I think if we get the warm weather they’re talking about, we’ll definitely be over […] The post South Dakota crops: 63% corn and 62% soybeans rated good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Kansas farmer says excessive rainfall has significantly slowed this year’s winter wheat harvest pace. Tim Turek says, “I’ve cut one combine bin full of wheat.” He tells Brownfield that rainfall over the last month has delayed winter wheat harvest almost three weeks.  “We came through the winter and early spring very dry. Somebody asked […] The post Weather slowing winter wheat harvest in Kansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A break in rain events is helping some Missouri farmers advance hay harvest. Tony Hancock is with the Missouri Department of Agriculture. “The hay equipment has come out in full bore,” he says.  “Everybody’s just running hard now because we are slightly behind. It’s not a huge number, but we are slightly behind.” According to […] The post First cutting of hay 57% complete in Missouri appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were up ahead of the week’s direct business.  Feeders did have some support from the lower move in corn.  August live cattle closed $.45 lower at $209.37 and October live cattle closed $.25 lower at $207.10.  August feeder cattle closed $.35 higher at $302.80 […] The post Hog futures higher to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says corn conditions improved in Michigan over the last week. Monday’s crop progress report says the state’s corn crop is rated 57% good to excellent as of Sunday, up five percentage points from the previous week. Ninety-six percent of the crop has emerged, in line with the five-year average. Soybean condition ratings declined […] The post Michigan corn conditions improve week to week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Crops in southern Minnesota are off to a better start compared to a year ago. Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse says corn and soybeans look even after extensive planting delays during the spring of 2024. “Certainly this warm weather, maybe not quite this hot, but it’s certainly been welcome.  I think those roots going down […] The post Minnesota crops off to better start in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A north central Iowa farmer says crop development is behind. Chris Edgington of Saint Ansgar tells Brownfield he didn’t begin planting until May 5th. “Crop conditions aren’t as good, we definitely needed this heat (and) don’t need a ton of rain.  But we definitely needed the heat to make up.” USDA’s latest weekly crop update […] The post North Iowa farmer says crops are behind appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some ag groups have asked the Trump administration to engage with supply chain stakeholders to address concerns about anticipated port congestion. Joe Schuele (she-lee) with the U.S. Meat Export Federation says there are fears that tariff implementation changes with markets like China could recreate supply chain disruptions that the U.S. faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. […] The post USMEF discusses port congestion concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story