November 3, 2025

The president of the Nebraska Farm Bureau says he’s optimistic about the future of the soybean industry. Mark McHargue says it’s trending in the right direction. “With some of these other trade agreements, certainly will have additional sales even though we don’t know how much that is going to add up to but when you […] The post McHargue says soybean sector could be “turning the corner” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Illinois farmer says the 2025 harvest season was fast and furious. Matt Bennett, who grows corn and soybeans in Shelby County, tells Brownfield, “Most of the corn came out pretty good, yields very close to APH, a little bit above in some places.”  He says, “April-planted beans were awfully good. The later May-planted […] The post Central Illinois farmer says 2025 harvest was fast and furious appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

New analysis from AccuWeather finds annual precipitation in the U.S. has slightly declined overall, but events are more intense during the growing season. Senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok tells Brownfield the long-term drought in the Southwest has made a big impact on totals. “It’s down 2.7 percent, the trend since 1995,” he says. Pastelok says when […] The post Intense rainfall events rising even as overall U.S. precipitation declines appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A marketing advisor says President Trump’s announcement about trade with China is encouraging but the planned soybean sales are not what they used to be. “The plan is 25 million metric tons for the next three years, and really what that will do is puts us back to just an average round of soybean sales […] The post China trade framework leaves some unanswered questions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some Wisconsin individuals and chapters brought home awards from the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. First, The National FFA Agriscience Fair recognizes students who gain real-world, hands-on experiences in agricultural enterprises. Students use scientific principles and emerging technologies to solve complex problems related to agriculture, food and natural resources in six divisions — either individually […] The post Wisconsin FFA members win at national convention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northwest Indiana farmer says she expects to wrap up the 2025 harvest season by mid-November.  Denise Scarborough raises corn, seed corn, soybeans, and wheat in LaPorte County and says yields are varied. “Our double crop soybean yields didn’t do quite as well as we had hoped they would,” she says. “When you’re growing two crops […] The post Northwest Indiana farmer says harvest 2025 nearing completion   appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An extension beef specialist with the University of Illinois says the ongoing drought has had a significant impact on the state’s pastures. Travis Meteer says the early growing season brought good hay yields for most, but… “We’re limited in terms of stockpile, forage, and grass this year because of the limited moisture.”  He says, “We […] The post Drought forcing Illinois cattle producers to feed more harvested forages appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story