October 13, 2025

The CEO of an ethanol plant in southern Minnesota is pleased with the corn being delivered during harvest. Brian Kletscher with Highwater Ethanol in Lamberton says moisture ranges from 13 to 18 percent. “Most of the corn has been between 14 and 15 and-a-half (percent), so really good quality corn coming in. Test weights have […] The post Southern Minnesota ethanol plant reports excellent corn quality, high yields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybean harvest is wrapping up in some parts of Michigan. Shiawassee County farmer Mark Senk tells Brownfield he started harvesting the last week of September. “We had good weather for nine straight days, and we were able to finish up our soybean harvest,” he shares. “We got our wheat planted, and then we got that […] The post Michigan soybean harvest nearly complete as drought expands appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The market manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says he continues to see strength in the bred cow market. Tony Hancock says tight supplies and strong demand are a factor. “The market there, if guys want to take them home, they have to bid more than the kill cow buyers do,” he says.  “And […] The post Bred cow market continues to see strong demand appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An extension soybean agronomist with Purdue University says low moistures weren’t the only harvest challenge for soybean growers this year. Shaun Casteel says green stems have also plagued many farmers. “We’ve had a lot of dry conditions across the Midwest and the latter part during seed fill, and so a lot of these fields are […] The post Low moisture, green stems slow down soybean harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northwest Indiana farmer says this year’s crop has exceeded her expectations.  Denise Scarborough tells Brownfield, “Given how dry we’ve been this year, we did not have very high expectations for our crops.” But, she says, “After completing soybean harvest, we expect to have above average yield results overall, which is a pleasant surprise.” She says […] The post Northwest Indiana farmer says 2025 crop is exceeding expectations appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A market advisor says nonfat dry milk prices continue to reflect reductions on the Global Dairy Trade auction. Katie Burgess with Ever.ag tells Brownfield, “When we look at global milk powder prices, they’re very highly correlated, so what happens at the GDT auction in milk powders in New Zealand definitely influences how we look at milk powder […] The post Global market likely to pressure U.S. dairy prices appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Nebraska farmer says harvest pace should pick up steam this week. Randy Uhrmacher says he’s been about a week behind schedule. “We’ve had some rain delays, which is kind of unusual compared to the last few years. With as dry as it has been, I’m not complaining because we certainly needed the moisture.” […] The post Nebraska farmer harvests record soybean crop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Harvest is progressing in southwest Minnesota. Riley Sandmeyer is an agronomist with New Vision Cooperative, based in Brewster. “Pretty much all of the beans are taken out. Some growers are still going on corn, working on a lot more of that later corn now. A lot of the early corn is already out, so I’d […] The post Harvest moves along in southwest Minnesota with strong yields appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in central Missouri says he’s optimistic an investment in grain bagging equipment will pay off as he stores corn and soybeans this fall. “Right or wrong: this year I wasn’t going to give this crop away.” Nathan Alpers in Cooper County says last year’s good crops were sold to the elevator during harvest. […] The post With trade tensions and tight margins, Missouri farmer banks on grain bags appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story