July 9, 2025

Brownfield’s Jared White attends the IL State Fair Press Preview Day The post IL State Fair Press Preview Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president and CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says a chief ag negotiator is needed in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. “It is a focus issue.” Ted McKinney says USTR Jamieson Greer and staff have represented U.S. agriculture well as trade discussions happen with several countries, but “the […] The post Ag groups ask Trump to nominate chief ag negotiator appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The co-director of Texas A&M Ag and Food Policy Center says it’s unclear if the farm bill provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act can eliminate the frequency of ad-hoc disaster assistance. Bart Fisher says the reconciliation package had the biggest investment in farm bill programs in more than 20 years. “That was an […] The post Too soon to know how improved farm safety net affects ad-hoc programs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Purdue University Extension corn specialist says he’s concerned dry conditions could impact corn pollination in parts of the Corn Belt. Dan Quinn says the latest U.S. drought monitor shows some of east central Illinois and northwest Indiana as abnormally to moderately dry.  “The R1 growth stage, silking, or when the tassel emerges, that is when corn is […] The post Dry conditions impacting corn as pollination approaches  appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. ethanol production rose slightly over the past week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.085 million barrels per day, up 9,000 on the week and 31,000 on the year. That’s the first week-to-week increase since average daily production notched an all-time high in early June. Ethanol stocks of 23.959 million barrels […] The post Ethanol production bounces appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A pair of Illinois agronomists say Japanese beetle numbers are up this season. “Japanese beetles came hot out of the gate really heavy.” Kris Ehler, a CCA based in Champaign County, says the insects can affect both corn and soybeans.  “In soybeans, it takes a lot of feeding on the leaves to really reach an […] The post Japanese beetles are back appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were mixed Wednesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was down $0.0150 at $0.59.  Two sales were recorded at $0.59 and $0.5975.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 at $1.6950. One sale was recorded at that price.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.7275. No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were down […] The post Cash dairy markets mixed Wednesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story