July 7, 2025

The leader of seed care and biologicals for Syngenta says research and education are needed to help farmers get the most out of new biological crop tools. Quinn Showalter says biological products are relatively new, so the industry will have to spend time showing farmers the benefits of these tools. “When we come out with […] The post Research and education needed as biological market expands appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The general manager of Oahe Grain Corporation in central South Dakota says winter wheat harvest is still about 10 days to two weeks away. Kevin Kjorsvik tells Brownfield… “It’s an average plus size crop right now. There was a difficult start, but once the crop got some rain and a little bit of heat to […] The post An decent winter wheat crop expected in central South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A marketing and risk management advisor says many dairy operations are financially stronger thanks to raising beef animals.  Mike North with Ever.ag says the lower milk product prices also mean lower milk prices paid to farmers.  “Milk prices have, in fact, departed from some of those more loftier you know, twenty-dollar plus numbers that we […] The post Beef on dairy helping when milk prices are low  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling.  August beans were down $.24 at $10.31 and 1/2.  The market continues to monitor any possible trade and tariff developments from the administration.  The market had been optimistic that sales to China would pick up steam.  There was also tariff action announced against Japan on Monday, definitely […] The post Soybeans, corn, and wheat lower to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Minnesota farmer says hail and wind have taken a toll on his crops. Joel Schreurs grows corn and soybeans in Lincoln County. “It started out slow, and then we got some really strong winds over the one weekend on two nights and it pretty much cut off our corn. And if that wasn’t […] The post “Trying” growing season for SW Minnesota farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in mid-Missouri says the recent rains have made baling hay a struggle. Jay Fischer says he got some second baling of alfalfa completed last week, but “the alfalfa should have been baled two weeks earlier. Everytime we’d get ready to go, there would be another chance of rain and we’d hold off.” He […] The post Quantity, not quality hay in central Missouri appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

North-central Iowa farmer Brent Renner tells Brownfield large amounts of rainfall over the last week are impacting crop conditions. “I’m starting to see maybe some, especially in some of the wetter areas, some nitrogen deficiency show up in some of our corn.” The Klemme area grower says he’s also noticing an uptick in pest pressure. […] The post Crop conditions stellar in Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An east central Illinois certified crop advisor says weekend rains were needed. Kris Ehler, who’s based in Champaign County, says some farms saw up to three inches of beneficial moisture. “We’ve been pretty dry the last two and a half weeks.”  He says, “You really started to see the soybeans starting to stress and then […] The post Rain welcomed in east central Illinois appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story