November 17, 2025

A farmer in eastern Illinois says harvest wrapped up well ahead of normal. KJ Johnson grows corn and soybeans with his family in Champaign and Vermilion Counties. “Yields were good.”  He says, “Corn was a little better than I thought, still below average, but my expectations were down because of just how dry it was. […] The post Late-season drought impacts eastern Illinois harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Many landowners seem hesitant to use flexible lease agreements. University of Minnesota Extension educator Nathan Hulinksy says there’s concern about risk. “The idea of sharing some of that profit and loss with the cyclical agricultural economy that we have (is the purpose of flex leases). The downside is you don’t know that bonus check amount […] The post Risk and complexity slow adoption of flexible farm lease agreements appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An eastern Kansas farmer says corn and soybean yields have varied this fall. Danieal Anderes says most if his soybean crop did well. “I think soil types, some other stuff and varieties got away from us this year. If you find the right hit, you got a really nice field. If you found something a […] The post Kansas soybean and corn yields chow wide range this fall appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

South-central Nebraska farmer Randy Uhrmacher says he was pleasantly surprised by his corn and soybean crops this year. “We were at or above any records we’ve had overall.” He tells Brownfield he wrapped up harvest about 10 days ago. “We did have some hybrids that were off quite a bit. They didn’t take the disease […] The post South-central Nebraska harvest delivers near-record production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chairman of the Michigan Wheat Program says an early harvest season has been ideal for the crop. Jeff Krohn farms in Huron County. “There’s a direct correlation to early planting wheat to better yields,” he shares. “Our wheat has got four and five, six tillers already. We got it planted at the end of September, 1st […] The post Michigan wheat leader: early planting and ideal conditions supporting yield potential appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were sharply higher on commercial and technical buying. It looks like Friday’s losses after the largely neutral USDA numbers were overdone and there was more talk about demand from China. A statement made by President Trump over the weekend had minimal details. Chinese purchases of U.S. beans have fallen short of pledged amounts, so […] The post Soybean surge on commercial buying, China demand hopes, and record NOPA crush appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chief commodities economist at StoneX Group says there’s little evidence that China plans to follow through on its purchase commitments of U.S. soybeans. Arlan Suderman says he believes China has agreed to purchase a U.S. soybeans, but “China seems to be very slow to want to admit to that, or to live up to […] The post China slow to honor U.S. soybean purchase commitments appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northwest Ohio farmer says this year’s soybean crop exceeded expectations. Justin Gravatt tells Brownfield, “It was below what I thought it was going to be in July, but a little better than what I thought it would be in August. We ended up about average. The dry weather and heat in August definitely took off some […] The post 2025 soybean crop exceeded expectations for northwest Ohio farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story