October 14, 2025

A farmer in central Missouri says he’s concerned about how expensive it is to raise corn and soybeans. “It’s going to be a rough year next year.” Jay Schutte, who raises corn, soybeans and cattle in Audrain County, says even when you pre-pay and consider better seed genetics, it’s hard to make inputs pencil out. […] The post Missouri farmer on input costs: it’s going to be a rough year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association fears it could be now or never for Congress to pass year-round E15. Monte Shaw tells Brownfield federal legislation allowing uninterrupted nationwide sales of fuel blended with 15 percent ethanol must happen before the end of the year. “There’s no try, there’s no this would be […] The post Is it now or never for year-round E15? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of AgResource Company says there could be opportunities to protect some margins this fall.  Dan Basse tells Brownfield farmers will need to be more proactive in their grain marketing. “We’ve had December corn recently at $4.60 a bushel and new soybeans making it close to $11 a bushel,” he says. “Those are some […] The post Grain marketing specialist says there could be opportunities to protect some margins this fall appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Highly pathogenic avian influenza continues to infiltrate poultry facilities despite ongoing improvements in biosecurity. Dr. Abby Schuft is a program leader in the University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems Department. “We are now beyond having clean boots and clean clothing when we enter the housing where our birds are. There are so […] The post Extension specialist encourages “conceptual biosecurity” as avian flu persists appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The ranking member of the House Committee on China says the healthcare credits at the heart of the ongoing federal government shutdown are vital to farmers. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi tells Brownfield, “One of the things that’s about to happen is Obamacare tax credits are about to expire for millions of people, including five million who […] The post One in four farmers could lose insurance as ACA credits expire appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Kansas farmer says it isn’t just low commodity prices that are causing problems for producers. Paul Penner says rising input costs are putting farmers in a tough spot. “Every bushel of crop that’s being produced is produced at a loss, and that can only be sustainable for a certain amount of time before you […] The post Farmers face mounting losses amid low prices and rising production costs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tuffs University says he expects to see nutrition as a more prioritized part of healthcare moving forward. Dariush Mozaffarian says the point of using food as medicine is to increase consumption of protective foods to reduce health challenges. “We really have a 20th-century food system with […] The post Food as Medicine movement offers growth opportunity for U.S. agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Three new cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza have been detected in northern Indiana. According to the Indiana State Board of Animal Health (BOAH), HPAI was found in a commercial meat duck operation in Elkhart County. More than 6,755 birds will be depopulated, and an approximately 6.2-mile control area with a more than 12-mile surveillance zone […] The post Three new cases of HPAI found in northern Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story