November 17, 2025

A southern Indiana farmer says weather patterns had the biggest impact on this year’s corn and soybean crop. Ben Kron tells Brownfield yields were varied. “You would get in one field of corn or beans, and they would just be great,” he says. “You get into another field, and it would be nothing to brag about. […] The post Southern Indiana farmer wraps up harvest, planning underway for 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn $4.34 and 3/4, up 4 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans $11.57 and 1/4, up 32 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal $330.80, up $8.30Dec. soybean oil 51.14, up 99 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.44 and 1/4, up 17 centsDec. live cattle $221.27, up $2.12Jan. feeder cattle $326.27, up $5.72Dec. lean hogs $78.57, up 7 centsDec. Class […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 17, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An Iowa pork producer says a data tool from the Pork Checkoff has helped him adjust his on-farm sustainability practices. Dwight Dial has a 700-acre livestock and row crop operation in north-central Iowa. He tells Brownfield the Pork Cares Farm Impact Report focuses on establishing environmental goals, which led him to make some changes with […] The post Iowa farmer uses Pork Cares report to guide environmental goals appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Going into 2026, Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Jason Gibson encourages farmers to consider adding a soybean residual herbicide to their weed control program for improved performance. He tells Brownfield products like Sonic Boom and Kyber Pro performed extremely well this year, and Corteva is anxious to sell more to customers looking for a better […] The post Strengthen Weed Control with Corteva’s Proven Residual Herbicides appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The America First Policy Institute says its new Lawfare Advisory Council will help protect U.S. farmers and ranchers from government overreach. Leigh Ann O’Neill is AFPI’s chief legal affairs officer. “American farmers and ranchers are being hit hard right now,” she says. “They’re being buried in paperwork, they’re being harassed with overlapping compliance demands. We’re […] The post AFPI establishes Lawfare Advisory Council, designed to help protect farmers from government overreach appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. EPA says it has created a more durable definition for Waters of the United States. A newly proposed rule factors in the U.S. Supreme Court’s Sackett decision to clarify certain terms: “relatively permanent, continuous surface connection, and tributary” to indicate the exact scope of the rule. EPA says the rule confirms wetlands are […] The post EPA rolls out proposal for revised Waters of the United States appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. export inspections remain on pace to meet or exceed the USDA’s projection for the current marketing year. The USDA says corn inspections during the week ending November 13th were more than double the year ago total with Mexico topping the list as the strong sales earlier in the marketing year leave U.S. ports. Wheat […] The post U.S. corn export inspections more than double year-ago levels appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley suggests partisanship in farm bill negotiations is unavoidable. The Iowa Republican tells Brownfield Democrats want to undo changes made in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “All the savings in food stamp fraud that we did in the tax bill this summer. That means that […] The post Grassley: “partisan approach” likely on skinny farm bill appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story