July 10, 2025

Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA has raised its second crop corn production estimate. CONAB now has that second corn crop at 104.538 million tons, up 3.5% from June 16% from 2024 thanks to higher acreage and better yields. That second crop is the largest of Brazil’s three corn crops, with harvest about 30% complete. Total […] The post CONAB ups Brazil second crop corn projection appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A weed science professor at the University of Illinois says resistance to HPPD inhibitors is growing. Aaron Hager tells Brownfield, “Eighty-five to 90% of the phone calls so far, during this part of the growing season, have been people saying, ‘Look, we tried one of the Group 27’s post. It didn’t control the water hemp. […] The post HPPD resistance limiting corn post-emergence options appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Researchers at the University of Missouri are evaluating the effectiveness of using drones to apply fungicides. Plant Pathologist Mandy Bish says the first year of data shows a drone performs similar or slightly better compared to an airplane for fungicide applications on diseases like tar spot. “I’ve been looking at the tar spot disease severity […] The post Drone vs. plane – which is better to apply fungicides? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of South Dakota Farm Bureau says the Make America Health Again Commission has been meeting with ag groups as they develop policy recommendations for child nutrition. Scott VanderWal says the American Farm Bureau Federation has been talking directly with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr in some of the meetings. […] The post Ag groups meet with MAHA Commission appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has again closed southern border ports to livestock imports from Mexico following a new detection of New World screwworm. Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the USDA has been monitoring conditions on the ground, and the decision was made to protect American agriculture. “A new case […] The post USDA shuts down southern border ports again to livestock imports from Mexico appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says there are incentives for farmers to hold onto grain ahead of the fall harvest. Ben Brown tells Brownfield “there’s always this theory of at some point you stop trying to maximize returns and instead, focus on minimizing losses, but even where we sit today, I don’t […] The post Farmers expected to hold onto grain appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill into law that addresses the state’s water crisis for future for the ag industry. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2172 creates 16-member taskforce that will develop a long-term investment program for water that includes a dedicated revenue source. The task force will also evaluate current funding for […] The post Kelly signs bill establishing water task force appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story