October 6, 2025

A market advisor says butter prices are the lowest they’ve been since 2021. Katie Burgess with Ever.ag tells Brownfield large butter supplies have pushed prices down by more than a dollar during the third quarter to the low $1.60s. “Not only is milk production higher in the U.S., but the fat tests coming off the farms are […] The post Holiday deals ahead? Butter prices fall sharply before seasonal demand hits appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A federal district court has ruled that a lawsuit challenging the USDA’s electronic identification tag mandate can move forward. Bill Bullard, CEO of R-CALF USA, tells Brownfield the mandate requires electronically readable (EID) eartags for certain cattle and bison transported across state lines. “Our lawsuit is going to be considered on its merits as it […] The post Federal court allows lawsuit over USDA’s EID tag mandate to proceed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Michigan Farm Bureau lobbyist says the new state budget maintains support for the state’s second-largest industry. “The agriculture budget as a whole in the state budget is less than a rounding error, but there are some really important programs.” Rebecca Park tells Brownfield advocacy by the agriculture community helped reverse more than $10 million in research […] The post Michigan Farm Bureau: final state budget preserves key ag programs, avoids deep cuts appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Kansas farmer says harvest conditions have significantly improved. James Moreland farms near the Oklahoma border and he says it’s been an excessively wet year, and it’s impacted corn yields. “Corn here was above average. It wasn’t extraordinary. It took a lot of early water damage. Too much water. It had nice rains the […] The post Weather window opens for harvest in southern Kansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An eastern Nebraska farmer says his soybean crop significantly beat his expectations this year. Mitch Oswald says many fields ended with 80-90 bushel yields despite high moisture levels. “Beans were surprisingly wet for the time of year. We typically see toward the first part of October, we see 7,8 to 9 percent moisture beans. We […] The post Soybean yields above trendline in eastern Nebraska appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Indiana farmer says harvest pace is significantly behind schedule. Mike Koehne, raises food grade corn and soybeans in Decatur County, and says his soybean crop is finally ready. “We got planted late,” he says. “We were really wet this spring, so we’re just now getting started. It’s not a bumper crop by any […] The post Southeast Indiana farmer says harvest 2025 is behind schedule appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeastern Illinois farmer says soybeans have been the focus of harvest operations in his area. Don Guinnip, who raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and cattle in Clark County, tells Brownfield, “Harvest has begun.”  He says, “There’s a lot of beans coming out. I would say the beans are very average and, in some cases, disappointing. […] The post Moisture swings and market prices complicate harvest decisions for Illinois farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corn continues to leave U.S. ports at a rapid pace. The USDA says corn export inspections during the week ending October 2nd were up sharply on the year, mainly to Mexico and Japan, reflecting the strong global demand thanks to favorable prices. Just over a month into the current marketing year, corn inspections are running […] The post Corn leads U.S. grain export inspections with strong shipments to Mexico and Japan appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story