River Friendly Farmer Award
July 21, 2025
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the River Friendly Farmer Awards. The post River Friendly Farmer Award appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the River Friendly Farmer Awards. The post River Friendly Farmer Award appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Brownfield’s Erin Anderson covers the DEKALB Asgrow Field Day. The post DEKALB Asgrow Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The market news manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says the state’s pasture conditions are some of the best in the country. “We just continue to have an amazing year.” Tony Hancock says conditions have been rated above 90 percent good-to-excellent for several weeks. “Some of the producers that I’ve talked to around they […] The post Missouri pastures remain best in the country appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, the Great Lakes region remains relatively cool for this time of year, favoring summer crop development. Meanwhile, very warm, stormy weather prevails in the western and southern Corn Belt. In fact, overnight thunderstorms resulted in some extreme weather, including flash flooding in portions of southern Illinois and northern and central Missouri, […] The post Heat wave expanding across the Plains; scattered storms across parts of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A member of the House Ag Committee says additional investments for trade programs should be included in the skinny farm bill. Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska says the One Big Beautiful Bill was a good start, but there’s still plenty of work to do. “We need to have trade promotion money in there. We went […] The post Bacon eyes more trade help in skinny farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is proposing that the Pentagon provide quarterly reports to congress about sexual assaults and prevention efforts in all branches of the military. The requirement is included in the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act that cleared a U.S. Senate committee this month. “We have seen progress, especially in the Department of the […] View Full Story
Federal funding is on hold for many programs in Iowa schools that help English language learners and migrant students. Theron Schutte is superintendent of the Marshalltown Community School District, where more than a third of students are English language learners. Schutte says much of the money goes toward paying contracts for staff members who work […] View Full Story
For the remainder of the week, a broad ridge of high pressure will maintain hot, humid conditions from the central and southern Plains into the Southeast. Beneath the ridge, high temperatures will generally range from 90 to 100°F and showers will be widely scattered, leading to diminishing topsoil moisture reserves. Meanwhile, a complex interaction between […] The post Briwnfield Ag Weather Today appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Five teenagers from the Cedar Falls area are joining thousands of bicyclists on this week’s RAGBRAI. It’s the debut of Cedar Valley Youth Cycling, an offshoot of the Des Moines-based Dream Team, which was founded nearly 30 years ago. The Dream Team takes kids from challenging backgrounds and pairs them with mentors for the seven-day […] View Full Story
USDA says U.S. corn exports have continued at a blistering pace, yet China is not major buyer. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield U.S. corn is going to many different countries. “China hasn’t been a buyer, but Mexico, Vietnam, a lot of countries. The USDA will publish, and you can kind of go […] The post U.S. corn going to many places, but not China appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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