July 2, 2025

High interest rates continue to loom over farmers dealing with tight crop margins. Compeer Financial ag economist Megan Roberts says working at a financial institution, the number growers ask about the most is not grain related. “It is interest rate-related, and that seems to be a pretty hot topic not just within agriculture but across […] The post Interest rates loom over tight margin environment appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ohio Farm Bureau’s director of water quality and research says heavy rainfall this spring is impacting phosphorus levels into Lake Erie in 2025. Jordan Hoewischer tells Brownfield the lake is expected to have a mildly moderate algal bloom. “It’s showing that we’ve made some progress, but we still have some room to go,” he says. […] The post NOAA shows mild to moderate algal bloom for Lake Erie in 2025  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some Great Plains farmers didn’t change course on planted acres this year for varying reasons. Northeast Nebraska farmer Quentin Connealy says it can be hard to grow a soybean crop in the Missouri River bottom. “I would have been a little bit bean heavy this year, but with the flood last year I was able […] The post No changes for planted acres for a pair of WCB farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeastern Illinois farmer says an impressive winter wheat harvest is wrapping up in his area. “We finished our wheat, and it was very good. There’s some wheat left, but most of it’s done.” Don Guinnip, who raises row crops and cattle in Clark County, says a very wet spring led to some concerns about […] The post Impressive Illinois wheat harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cool and wet weather has shifted weed pressure in parts of Indiana this year. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Purdue University Extension weed scientist Tommy Butts explains how weed control has evolved in 2025 and why sticking with a full-rate herbicide program is best for farmers wanting to tackle tough to control weeds. The post Weed management in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, showers have ended, except in the Ohio Valley.  In the rain’s wake, mild, sunny weather is promoting a rapid pace of corn and soybean development.  Growing conditions for Midwestern summer crops remain mostly favorable, with 73% of the U.S. corn rated in good to excellent condition on June 28, along with […] The post Largely favorable, early-July weather covers much of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story