October 6, 2025

Some Wisconsin farmers are done harvesting corn silage, and others aren’t far behind. Ben Augustine operates a dairy farm near Sheldon, and tells Brownfield he’s in the home stretch. “I’ve got 65 acres left and I think I’ve got about 800 done.” Augustine says some of his northern Wisconsin neighbors are combining soybeans and yields […] The post Silage harvest winding down in Wisconsin appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mexico has confirmed the latest case of New World screwworm 170 miles south of the U.S. border. According to Mexico’s agriculture ministry and sanitation agency, Senascia, the calf was intercepted in Neuvo Leon and is not related to the case that was detected on September 20. The agency says that infection, which was 70 miles […] The post NWS detected 170 miles south of U.S. border appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomist with American Crystal Sugar Company says the full-season harvest is starting this week. Joe Hastings says the warm temperatures have slowed things down. “We had planned to start on October 1, but due to the warm temps, we have only been able to harvest enough to keep the factory in stock with the […] The post Warm temps delay full-season sugarbeet harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Oilseed crops have been variable this fall for two western Minnesota farmers. Dan Younggren, who farms in Kittson County, tells Brownfield “we thought it would be a crop with a yield of 50 bushels/acre, plus, but it ended up being a crop in the low-to-mid 40 bushels/acre. It’s not a bad crop, but we were […] The post Soybean yields fall short of expectations in western Minnesota appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in northeast Arkansas says most of the corn has been exceptional as harvest continues. Tommy Young says yields have been above 200 bushels/acre on two-thirds of the crop and the rest of it was impacted by tassel wrap. “There were about 500 to 600 acres that experienced tassel wrap,” he says. “It knocked […] The post Arkansas farmer reports exceptional corn yields despite tassel wrap losses appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were mixed, unable to follow through on the firm start to the session. Beans are waiting for more on potential trade aid for farmers, in addition to the planned tariff talks with China. That trade announcement was expected to be Tuesday, but there are some questions about that, and President Trump and President Xi […] The post Soybeans, corn mixed, watching harvest, waiting for trade news appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dry fields, low humidity, high winds, and hot farm equipment have been causing harvest fires across the Midwest. Paul Casper in Kingsbury County, South Dakota says there have been at least six combine fires in his county since last Thursday. “There were two of them that required local fire departments from neighboring towns because the […] The post Harvest fires spark across Midwest as dry, windy conditions fuel danger appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story