September 10, 2025

Cash dairy prices were lower except for block cheese Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was down $0.01 at $0.59. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0075 at $1.6725.  Two sales were recorded at $1.67 and $1.6725.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0050 at $1.6750.  No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were down […] The post Cash dairy markets lower except for blocks Wednesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some farmers say worsening economic conditions continue to tighten cash flows heading into 2026. During a farmer roundtable on Wednesday, Nebraska Farm Bureau President Mark McHargue said input costs will be one of the largest expenses on his balance sheet. “It’s going to be one of the highest per acer input costs I’m going to […] The post Farmers sound the alarm on cash flows appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Lindsay Corporation is celebrating 70 years of service to customers in the irrigation industry. Learn more: Jason Parker: Reece Andrews: The post Lindsay celebrates 70 years of service at Husker Harvest Days appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn harvest is underway for central Kentucky farmer Caleb Ragland. “Yields are slightly below APH on what we’ve harvested so far,” he says. “I would like to see better, but I was expecting about what we’re getting, to be honest. Based on the dramatic weather extremes that we’ve dealt with this year.” Ragland double-crops all […] The post Lower corn yields to start harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Doug Moore, district manager for Brock Grain Storage Systems says the company’s True Grain equipment is a patent pending grain drying equalizer. It attaches to every dryer and revolutionizes moisture measurement in grain. The post Brock grain drying sensor system first of its kind appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A recent survey from Purdue University shows nearly fifty percent of farmers in the Midwest expect their operation to grow over the next five years.  Ag economist Michael Langemeier says the some farms have scaled back on investments that could impact profitability. “2024 was a very low profit margin year and that’s probably going to […] The post 50 percent of farms expected to grow over the next five years appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Supreme Court will decide if President Trump’s use of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act is legal. The law was created in 1977 and allows the President to regulate or prohibit trade when a national emergency is declared.  The law lets the President use sanctions and embargoes but has no specific language […] The post SCOTUS to review Trump tariffs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story