July 17, 2025

A southwest Indiana farmer says he’s concerned the next Make America Healthy Again report will impact U.S. agriculture. Phil Ramsey says he’s concerned misinformation could impact crop protection availability. “We need the chemicals to be able to control the weeds,” he says. “All of them have been through the EPA, they’ve been through the testing. […] The post Farmers concerned about MAHA impacts appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A commodity market specialist says farmers continue to deal with sagging corn and soybean prices. Scott Shellady, also known as The Cow Guy, says November new crop soybeans are just off the $10 line. “We need to see the prices up around $11 really,” he said. “We’ve had weather that has not been threatening. Yes, […] The post Shellady: Farmers continue to face challenging soybean prices appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The board chair of the Soy Transportation Coalition says farmers need trade certainty. Mike Koehne says the recently announced trade agreements need to be finalized sooner rather than later. “We export 63% of our soybeans, so we’ve got to get rid of these beans somewhere along the line,” he says. “Every trade deal is important and […] The post Trade deal certainty needed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says U.S. export sales were mostly down on the week, but there were still a few highlights. Soybean meal sales during the week ending July 10th were above a week ago thanks to strong feed demand from the Philippines, while bean oil sales were up, mainly to Venezuela, which imports most of its […] The post Soybean product export sales up on week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ag officials in the Upper Midwest are warning livestock producers not to ignore the threat of New World Screwworm. Minnesota State Veterinarian Dr. Brian Hoefs says many people falsley think the northern climate is a strong enough deterrent for tropical pests like NWS, but that’s not the case. Minnesota State Cattlemen’s Association executive director Kaitlyn […] The post New World screwworm threatens entire U.S. cattle herd appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon says the President’s tariff strategy creates more questions than answers for ag producers. “I think it’s dangerous for our farmers. When other countries want to retaliate, they do it against our farmers.” The European Commission trade spokesperson told reporters this week that the EU is weighing potential retaliatory duties on US […] The post EU weighs retaliatory tariffs, Rep. Bacon says farmers are usually hardest hit appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story