The Iowa Association of Realtors says homes are staying on the market longer and sales prices remain ahead of last year. The president of the Iowa Association of Realtors says data from November shows the median sales price of Iowa homes “seems to have slowed down a bit” and Iowa has a “strong inventory of […] View Full Story
The USDA says global demand for corn and wheat continues to be solid. Both corn and wheat export inspections during the week ending December 11th were above year ago levels and remain ahead of last marketing year, thanks to competitive prices. Sorghum and soybeans continue to trail the previous year’s pace, but China was the […] The post Corn, wheat export inspections maintain faster than last year paces appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Military officials have released the names of the two Iowa National Guard soldiers who were killed Saturday in Syria. Twenty-five-year-old Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar of Des Moines and 29-year-old Sergeant William Nathanial Howard of Marshalltown were killed when an ISIS gunman stormed into a meeting of U.S. and Syrian security officials. Iowa National Guard Major […] View Full Story
Missouri Soybeans Director of Licensing and Commercialization Bryan Stobaugh says work continues on several tolerance projects, like a Soybean Cyst Nematode resistant genetic trait for soybeans and the U.S. Soybean Genetics Collaborative. Listen to this Spotlight on Soybeans to learn more! The post Work Underway for Soybean Tolerance Projects appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain announced recently that its second quarter income was up 14% from last year. President and CEO Darren Rebelez said during a conference call for investors that they have done research on the impact of the economy on the business. “There’s sentiment out there among consumers, and then there’s how […] View Full Story
Indiana Farm Bureau’s president says members are focused on implementing policies that support the state’s ag industry in 2026. Randy Kron says the organization is encouraging investments in agriculture. “There’s a lot more opportunities off the farm than there is on the farm, so consolidation happens and that can be a real problem,” he says. “We’re looking for ways to make farmers more profitable, so they can […] The post Indiana Farm Bureau sets policy priorities supporting farmers and ag investment in 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, very cold weather lingers in the Great Lakes States and the Ohio Valley, with sub-0°F temperatures noted early today in portions of both regions. Across Illinois, daily-record low temperatures on Sunday, December 14 included -13°F in Lincoln and -8°F in Springfield. Meanwhile, light snow associated with a warm front is spreading […] The post A wind-blown moderation of temperatures gets underway across much of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Bitter cold and a third straight Saturday of heavy snow snarled traffic and fouled many Iowans’ weekend plans. Due to multiple crashes on Interstate 80 on Saturday, the Highway Patrol closed some 44 miles of the highway in eastern Iowa so the injured could be rescued and the debris cleared. More than 40 people were […] View Full Story
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures across the nation’s northern tier. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation along and east of a line from eastern Arizona to central Minnesota should contrast with wetter-than-normal conditions in the much of the western U.S., […] The post A thaw ahead for much of the Heartland; a quiet early-Winter pattern for some appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The rapid development of data centers has Wisconsin Farmers Union members hoping for restrictions to protect farmland and natural resources. President Darin Von Ruden tells Brownfield delegates passed new policy at their annual convention Sunday addressing data center issues. “We’re seeing some really good farmland around the state in different areas that could be threatened […] The post Data centers have Farmers Union members concerned appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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