September 15, 2025

A farmer near Janesville in south-central Wisconsin is optimistic going into harvest. Doug Rebout tells Brownfield corn and soybeans in the area look good. “They’re drying down (and) we’re figuring here another week, week and-a-half like the last week of September we will probably be starting our harvest here. Most of the corn silage is […] The post Corn silage wrapped up, grain harvest on deck in southern Wisconsin appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture and the USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service have confirmed the state’s first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a dairy herd. NDA says the herd is located in central Nebraska and has been quarantined. The National Veterinary Services Laboratories confirmed that the strain of the virus is similar […] The post Nebraska confirms first HPAI case in dairy herd appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn silage harvest is wrapping up in some parts of Iowa. Mark Peterson farms near Stanton in the southwest corner of the state. “Anecdotally I heard a guy that had, he was going to bag four more silage jobs and they all disappeared overnight because the crop has dried so fast that it’s just too […] The post Silage harvest winding down in Iowa amid fast-drying corn appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in west-central Minnesota says this summer has been too wet. Jamie Beyer and her husband grow soybeans, corn, alfalfa, and sugarbeets near Wheaton. “We are on day 54 of measurable rain, so it’s been very unusual. We’ve gotten 24 inches of precipitation (so) conditions are mucky already heading into fall.” She tells Brownfield […] The post “Mucky” fields and crop stress as rainfall soars in west-central Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Extended periods of high temperatures and a lack of rainfall are impacting crop and field conditions around the state. Tony Hancock with the Missouri Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield it doesn’t take long to see a change.  “The last two weeks have definitely brought drought for sure down in southern Missouri,” he says.  “It’s intensified […] The post Missouri crops impacted as drought intensifies across the state appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says the sorghum harvest has begun in South Dakota. Monday’s crop progress report shows 1% of the crop is harvested, with 53% mature, and 91% coloring. Thirty-one percent of the state’s corn crop is mature, even with the average pace, with 86% of the crop dented. Thirty-two percent of the state’s soybeans are […] The post Sorghum harvest underway in South Dakota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Vice President of the Michigan Soybean Committee says the warm and dry August likely took the top end off of yields across the state. Sanilac County’s Scott Wilson tells Brownfield, “The soybeans and the corn look very comparable to last year.” “I think the lack of moisture and heat in August was probably at […] The post Michigan soybean and corn yields under pressure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. It looks like nothing pertaining to ag came out of this round of talks with China. Beijing has yet to buy any new crop U.S. soybeans, at least outright, because of tariff tensions with the U.S., and might slow down purchases overall because of mounting supplies […] The post Soybean, corn hit by profit taking, supply concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A western Illinois farmer says harvest activity is picking up in his area. Tim Thompson grows corn and soybeans in Morgan County. “The starting gun has went off.”  He says, “I’m hearing, I guess, a lot of different scenarios right now.  Maybe some folks who are a little bit disappointed that the top end is […] The post Illinois harvest picking up appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story