October 17, 2025

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed another case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in Ottawa County. The state says the backyard flock is the county’s second detection of the virus this month and the fourth case since the beginning of the year. The virus has only been confirmed in West Michigan […] The post HPAI in Ottawa County backyard poultry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A commodity broker says cattle markets panicked on Friday following an announcement late Thursday from the President that there could be a deal to lower beef prices.   Brad Kooima of Kooima Kooima Varilek says the lack of clear information creates room for interpretation. “He happens to have just met with the Argentina president, but […] The post Cattle markets tumble after President hints at possible beef price deal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The associate director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center says widespread drought conditions could be a challenge for farmers heading into 2026. Melissa Widhelm says above normal temperatures for much of October have contributed to an expansion of dry conditions. “We have some places that are down six to fifteen inches below normal for this time […] The post Dry conditions could carry over into next growing season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Clean Fuels Alliance America says the Trump administration doesn’t have to wait for trade deals to be finalized to increase market opportunities for farmers. Vice President of Federal Affairs Kurt Kovarik tells Brownfield the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could completely reallocate recently exempted Renewable Fuel Standard volumes before the end of this year. “If they set […] The post Clean Fuels Alliance urges EPA to reallocate waived RFS volumes or lose billions for soy industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Nebraska farmer says his winter wheat crop is off to a strong start. Jan TenBensel says planting conditions were almost perfect. “I don’t see any drills out there anymore. We’ve had ours planted for a couple of weeks now. We go on wheat after beans on some irrigated and have some dryland wheat. […] The post Winter wheat emerging in southwest Nebraska appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some farmers say ad-hoc assistance could be necessary to help ease pressure in the ag economy as they prepare for the 2026 growing season. Indiana farmer Kevin Cox tells Brownfield, “I don’t want to be dependent on the government. But, we’re in a situation where we will take all of the help we can get. I […] The post Tough season forces farmers to rely on government assistance they don’t want appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Technology that pairs a video camera with artificial intelligence is helping farmers better manage hoof health and prevent lameness. Tera Baker from NEDAP says lameness is hard to consistently identify early, but their new SmartSight camera can catch signs of hoof problems and lameness weeks before the naked eye can detect a problem, allowing the […] The post Artificial intelligence detects early signs of lameness appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story