Smoke from Canadian wildfires is making Iowa’s air quality above the national standards that make it safe in parts of the state. “About half the state is in the unhealthy category, and it’s expected to remain that way most of the day,” Todd Russell is with the Iowa DNR’s Air Quality Bureau says. The air […] View Full Story
An American Soybean Association board member is concerned about the future of the farm bill. Bob Worth, who farms near Lake Benton in southwest Minnesota, tells Brownfield including the Nutrition Title helped garner broader support for the farm bill in Congress. “And if we don’t have that part of it, it’s going to be difficult.” […] The post Minnesota farmer concerned about the future of the farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Iowa’s annual sales tax holiday is underway today through tomorrow. Iowa Department of Revenue spokesman John Fuller says you can shop from home and still get the break. “It qualifies if you are online too. If you order it and pay for it during the sales tax holiday, you will not have any state sales […] View Full Story
Much of the Midwest is experiencing a summer cooldown to begin August. Iowa state climatologist Justin Glisan says both air temperatures and dewpoints are dropping. “To actually below-normal for this time of year. So it’s going to be very comfortable (and) feel more like late spring versus where we’ve been with heat index values in […] The post A cool start to August appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Fifteen farm families are representing the ag industry during this year’s Indiana State Fair. Nick DeKryger with Belstra Milling Company in Jasper County says the Featured Farmers program highlights different sectors of Indiana agriculture. “We have about 24,000 sows raising about 300,000 market hogs,” he says. “We’re in feed manufacturing for all livestock but have […] The post Featured Farmers represent agriculture at this year’s Indiana State Fair appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A risk management consultant with Stone X says he’s bearish on the wheat market. Brownfield’s Jared White filed this report from the 2025 Illinois Wheat forum. “The thing that’s got me the most bearish on wheat is corn prices. It’s hard to keep that wheat-corn spread too wide.” Mike O’Dea says it’s also a supply […] The post U.S. wheat outlook bearish appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
An agriculture group celebrating 50 years of educating Wisconsin consumers and children about potatoes. Jody Baginski is with the Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary, a group of women who organized in 1975 when then-Governor Patrick Lucey claimed he lost twenty pounds by eliminating potatoes from his diet. That negetive message prompted the new group to find […] The post Wisconsin Potato Growers Auxiliary in 50th year of consumer potato education appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, degraded air quality due to Canadian wildfire smoke prevails in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Unhealthy air is being broadly reported as far south as Missouri and Illinois. However, the Midwest is also getting a reprieve from the recent spell of hot, humid weather, with Friday’s high temperatures forecast […] The post Favorable, early-August crop weather across the Heartland; sct’d showers western Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in the northernmost Rockies. The southern High Plains and the Southwest will have the greatest likelihood of experiencing anomalously hot weather. Meanwhile, above-normal rainfall in much of the northern U.S. and east of the Mississippi River should […] The post Seasonal heat, humidity to return to the Heartland; sct’d storms (Derecho?) for some appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
As the U.S. Department of Agriculture consolidates operations away from Washington D.C. and into five new “hubs” across the country, Iowa was named among the early favorites for one of those locations — but it’s not going to happen. Kansas City is the final choice for the region, according to a memo from U.S. Ag […] View Full Story
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