September 10, 2025

Crop diseases are running rampant across much of the Midwest. Southeast Iowa corn and soybean grower Logan Lyon says significant amounts of early tar spot came as no surprise with record rainfall in July. “Most folks were expecting and anticipating (tar spot), but what really came out of the woodwork this year that we haven’t […] The post Corn and soybean diseases run rampant appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Legislation to permanently increase line speeds for pork and poultry processing has been introduced in the U.S. House. Minnesota Congressman Brad Finstad tells Brownfield the American Protein Processing Modernization Act addresses inconsistencies in the meatpacking and processing industries. “We have regulatory agencies that have been playing around with the line speed and the way that […] The post Bill introduced in U.S. House would permanently speed up processing line speeds appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) says the state of the ag economy is reaching a critical point. Rob Larew says farmers and ranchers need help. “The safety net is just not adequate right now.”  He says, “There’s probably going to need to be some help there. Long-term, it means making sure that […] The post NFU strengthens calls for farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Nutrien Ag Solutions has opened a new retail facility in Tipton, Indiana to help meet the needs of farmers in the central part of the state.  The company says the location is part of its capital improvement initiative, designed to modernize operations and enhance customer service across the region. Key upgrades include a 5,000-ton dry […] The post Nutrien Ag Solutions opens new facility in central Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

One of the nation’s largest agricultural cooperatives is launching an investment platform to support new ag technologies. Chief strategy officer Jason Trusley says Land O’Lakes and a coalition of retailer-owners will help find, fund, and scale up ag tech innovations through a new initiative called AgRogue Growth Partners. “Which is now going into our first […] The post Land O’Lakes and retail partners launch AgRogue to drive ag innovation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A new tool from the Conservation Technology Information Center is connecting farmers to local conservation assistance. In this episode of Managing for Profit, executive director Ryan Heiniger explains how producers can use the Conservator Connector platform. The post New tool connecting farmers to conservation assistance appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomist says corn and soybean yields could be under pressure this harvest season. Bill Lienemann, who covers northeast Nebraska with Beck’s Hybrids, says his biggest concern has been the rapid onset of southern rust.  “The field may look really good, but if it dies very rapidly, growers would be really smart to have combine […] The post Disease pressure’s likely impact on crop yields this fall appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, isolated showers are primarily affecting the upper Great Lakes region.  Meanwhile, warmer weather is replacing previously cool Midwestern conditions.  The warmth favors summer crop development, which is lagging the normal pace in parts of the western Corn Belt.  For example, only 14% of the soybeans were dropping leaves by September 7 […] The post Favorable weather for most; spotty showers from the eastern Plains to the upper Midwest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story