December 17, 2025

Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry but breezy weather prevails.  Mild air has overspread much of the Midwest, but a pesky snow cover lingers in much of the Great Lakes region.  Wednesday’s high temperatures should range from near 30°F in portions of the upper Great Lakes region to 50°F or higher in Missouri and Nebraska, […] The post Wind-blown on parts of the Plains; a December thaw throughout the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. 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 in parts of the Northeast and Pacific Northwest.  Meanwhile, drier-than-normal conditions from the Plains—excluding Montana and North Dakota—into the Southeast should contrast with above-normal precipitation in much of the West and across the nation’s […] The post A thaw ahead for much of the Heartland; a quiet, early-Winter pattern for some, not all appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The owner of one of the largest sale barns in the country says for the most part, 2025 was a pretty good year for the cattle industry.  Jackie Moore with Joplin Regional Stockyards in Missouri says the year-over-year improvement in prices has been incredible. “These calves are $100 a hundred higher than they were a […] The post Joplin Regional Stockyards owner says cattle market signals strong 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agricultural engineer says reducing the size of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is possible but won’t be easy.  Dr. Matt Helmers with Iowa State tells Brownfield the agriculture sector can make a big impact by using conservation practices to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorus reaching waterways by 45 percent. […] The post Reducing gulf dead zone possible, but challenging appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story