December 3, 2025

A farm real estate specialist says a farm in northwest Iowa recently sold for a record $32,000 per acre. Jim Rothermich, vice president of Iowa Appraisal, says the 35-acre Sioux County property was purchased by a local farmer who intends to plant row crops. “There’s a lot of hog producers up there, cattle producers, and […] The post Northwest Iowa farmland sells for $32k per acre appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says details of a bridge payment for farmers will be announced with President Trump sometime next week. During the President’s cabinet meeting on Tuesday, she said producers are under extreme economic strain due to record-high input costs like interest rates, labor, fertilizer and fuel. “These are massive, massive numbers that will […] The post Ag Secretary Rollins: bridge payment for farmers coming next week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Bayer Crop Science is introducing a new herbicide to help corn and soybean farmers fight tough, resistant weeds. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Ryan Tierney, Bayer’s broad-acre herbicides segment manager, discusses the expected launch of Convinto™ herbicide next season. The post Convintro Herbicide Could Help Farmers Fight Resistant Weeds appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Farmland values have been mostly steady this year. Cole Nickerson with Farmers National Company says there is some localized volatility. “Kind of depending on where you go, but as a whole we’re probably anywhere from down 3 percent to up 3 percent. So steady as we go here.” He tells Brownfield the farmland market has […] The post Farmers National: ag land values “down 3% to up 3%” in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, cold, dry weather is in place, except for scattered snow showers in the Great Lakes States.  Wednesday’s high temperatures should range from 10°F in the Red River Valley of the North to near 40°F in the middle Mississippi Valley.  The cold weather is helping to maintain an extensive Midwestern snow cover, […] The post A mid-winter, “look & feel” dominates virtually all of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Iowa farmer says he continues to see positive results from his implementation of cover crops. Mark Peterson farms near Stanton in Montgomery County. He tells Brownfield that cover crops have helped him reach some of his environmental goals. “We have done cover crops for a number of years and have been very happy. […] The post Cover crops improve soil health, water quality for Iowa farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures across the western half of the U.S., while colder-than-normal conditions will cover most areas from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across the northern half of the U.S., along with southern sections of Texas and […] The post A wide-range of temps to cover much of the Heartland; a seasonally active pattern for many appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story