September 25, 2025

President Trump announced Thursday that the administration will utilize tariff revenue to help assist U.S. farmers that have faced a struggling rural economy. “We’re going to take some of that tariff money that we’ve made and we’re going to give it to our farmers,” Trump said, “who are, for a little while, going to be […] The post Farmers will receive assistance from tariff revenue, President Trump says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A new case of highly-pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in Wisconsin. The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection says a Jefferson County commercial producer will be depopulating 3.07 million egg laying chickens affected by the virus.  The same Palmyra, Wisconsin facility also handled a similar HPAI outbreak in 2022. Ag officials also say […] The post New HPAI case reported in Wisconsin appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Taiwan has committed to purchasing nearly $6.4 billion dollars of corn and soybeans over the next four years. Don Lamb, director of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, says the country’s long-standing trading relationship with the U.S. creates certainty for the state’s farmers. “Right now, the way our prices are, we can’t make money, so […] The post Taiwan signs letters of intent to purchase more than $6 billion of corn, soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A doctoral student at the University of Missouri says drones and artificial intelligence can help farmers measure the health of their corn crop more efficiently. Fengkai Tian says using AI to analyze images taken by drones equipped with a special hyper-spectral camera gives farmers a new way of viewing their crops. “We can see the […] The post University of Missouri Research: Drones and AI help farmers montior corn health appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. soybean farmers are asking why the Trump administration is assisting foreign competitors.  The American Soybean Association and many of their state soybean organizations are critical of the aid.  Doug Rebout is with the Wisconsin Soybean Association.  “The federal government goes and gives twenty billion dollars to our soybean competitor down in Argentina to help […] The post U.S. soybean farmers slam federal aid to Argentina as markets shift to foreign competitors appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Demand from Mexico continues to drive U.S. corn exports. The USDA says about half of the corn export sales total during the week ending September 18th was picked up by Mexico as buyers try to meet livestock feed needs. That strong demand from Mexico and favorable pricing has new crop U.S. corn sales running considerably […] The post Corn exports soar as Mexico buys big appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story