December 1, 2025

The president of the Corn Refiners Association says bolstering markets is the key to get profitability back into American agriculture. “It’s domestic markets, it’s our foreign markets, it’s our future markets,” said John Bode. Bode says the Trump administration has signaled efforts to stabilized domestic markets through the Make America Healthy Again initiative. “Secretary Kennedy […] The post Bode says MAHA initiative and USMCA review could reshape ag markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A north central Ohio farmer says inconsistent weather patterns has been the biggest challenge of 2025. Owen Niese says it was one of the longest harvest seasons he’s ever experienced. “There are pockets that got their corn planted later, and it just took it longer for it to dry down,” he says. “Even at the end of October, […] The post North central Ohio farmer says weather was the biggest challenge of 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The propane industry has taken steps to prevent regional shortages like the ones that occurred during the 2019 harvest season. Michael Newland is with the Propane Education and Research Council. He says, “It was a distribution bottleneck and we have plenty of gas, but in some areas of the country, it was a little challenging […] The post Propane industry prepared to avoid 2019 repeat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Indiana farmer says his 2025 soybean crop was the best he’s ever raised. Roger Wenning says wet weather did impact yields in some areas. “If we could have gotten some rain in August or September, they could have been phenomenal,” he says. “They were still really good. We were way late on a bunch. We […] The post Southeast Indiana farmer says 2025 soybean crop is the best he’s ever raised appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking policy with the American Bankers Association says the ag economy is a mixed bag heading into 2026. Ed Elfmann says financial conditions have been favorable for livestock producers. “Especially beef,” he said. “Poultry is doing pretty well. Dairy, if managing your risk correctly, is in a […] The post Banking leader says profitability pressure is building for 2026 row crop farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior beef industry analyst at Rabobank says he’s expecting a slow rebuild of the U.S. cattle herd. “I think we’re really looking at 2026 and 2027 of being the real start of heifer retention.” Lance Zimmerman says cow herd culling has slowed, and he’s keeping a close watch on forage availability and profitability. “Both […] The post Rabobank analyst forecasts slow U.S. cattle herd rebuild appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northern Illinois farmer says the dry finish to the growing season didn’t seem to hurt his corn and soybean yields. Jay Whalen, who farms in Livingston and LaSalle Counties, tells Brownfield, “The rain kind of shut off there in August.”  He says, “We were worried it might take top-end yield off, but surprisingly, it […] The post Dry finish doesn’t dent corn and soybean yields for northern Illinois farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Chloe Zittergruen, agricultural communications major at Iowa State University is the recipient of the 2025 Cyndi Young Scholarship, sponsored by Brownfield Ag News and presented by the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) Foundation. As Iowa State FFA president, Chloe leads and inspires student members across the state while advocating for the future of agriculture. […] The post Iowa State student recipient of Cyndi Young Scholarship appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A custom harvester says tight margins are having a ripple effect throughout the economy.      Mychal Neumiller with U.S Custom Harvesters Inc says lower commodity prices are limiting what crews can charge. “Farmers maybe can’t afford to pay it. We have to find a fine balance where we can still make money and farmers can […] The post Custom Harvesters face squeeze from low prices, H-2A visa costs appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A crop inputs supplier says it isn’t too early for farmers to start thinking about weed control for 2026.   Will Griffin, row crop segment manager with Valent USA, says producers should include a spring application in their management program. “Using a pre plant and pre-emerge herbicide helps keep that pressure down. That helps keep […] The post Farmers urged to start 2026 weed control planning, Valent USA expert says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story