September 16, 2025

The past president of National Sorghum Producers says China’s approval of Brazilian sorghum imports could be devastating for the industry. Craig Meeker, a south-central Kansas farmer, says growers are already at a competitive disadvantage. “Our trade with China in 2025 is down 97 percent from where we had been at previously. That’s incredibly detrimental. That’s […] The post Sorghum industry warns of market access losses as China buys from Brazil appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A livestock economist says cattle placements remain the figure to watch in this week’s Cattle on Feed report. Pre-report estimates have cattle placed into feedyards for August down 9 percent from last year. Charley Martinez, an ag economist at the University of Tennessee, says, “We know right now would be historically when we would see […] The post Feedyard placements expected to drop in upcoming report as New World screwworm ban continues appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A pair of Ohio farmers are concerned late-season drought conditions could limit top-end yield potential. Central Ohio farmer Michael Vallery says a majority of the state remains abnormally dry. “The last good rain we got was July 28th,” he says. “My biggest concern is that may have cut some of the bushels that we really […] The post Ohio farmers concerned late-season drought could impact yield potential appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The founder of southern Illinois-based RoseBud Ice Cream says winning Midwest Dairy’s 2025 Accelerator program is helping get dairy products into more hands. Sam Rose says the $20,000 grand prize comes at a time when the business is expanding nationally. “We’re using this prize to help us scale our production and improve our manufacturing significantly, […] The post Illinois ice cream start-up wins Midwest Dairy’s 2025 Accelerator program appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The American Soybean Association is exploring export opportunities in Africa. ASA member and Minnesota farmer Jamie Beyer recently returned from a World Initiative for Soy in Human Health (WISHH) trade mission to Nigeria, a market of 220 million people. “Very, very dense population, and 50 percent of the Nigerians are 19 or under. So a […] The post ASA eyes soybean export growth in Nigeria’s expanding market appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says some Missouri farmers are more undersold on corn than they’d like to be this time of the year. “If they’re usually 70 percent sold, they might only be 25 percent sold this year,” says Ben Brown. “Farmers haven’t had much opportunity to market (new crop) corn […] The post Grain marketing lags as corn harvest kicks off appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Nitrogen loss and disease pressure could compromise corn stands going into harvest. Dan Bjorklund is a technical agronomist with Iowa-based Landus Cooperative and says record rainfall this summer resulted in nutrient deficiencies and widespread cases of tar spot and southern rust. “I’ve been in several fields the last ten days that did not have fungicide, […] The post Paper stalks, weak stands: harvest risks rising in untreated corn fields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story