December 30, 2025

A central Indiana farmer says he’s reflecting on a challenging 2025 crop year. Jim Douglas raises corn and soybeans in Shelby County.  “It had taken over 60 days for us to get the crop in,” he says. “It was just difficult to get it planted and then we had the same situation with harvest. The […] The post Reflecting on a challenging 2025 crop year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mar. corn $4.40 and 1/2, down 1 and 3/4 centsJan. soybeans $10.46 and 1/4, down 3 and 1/4 centsJan. soybean meal $296.70, down $2.10Jan soybean oil 48.93, up 15 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.10 and 3/4, down 2 and 1/4 centsFeb. live cattle $230.47, up $1.50Jan. feeder cattle $349.55, up $2.55Feb. lean hogs $85.45, up 97 […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 30, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Iowa officials say highly pathogenic avian influenza was recently detected in the central part of the state. State Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the disease has impacted a small multi-species backyard poultry flock in Dallas County, which includes chickens and ducks. The flock of 15 birds will be depopulated, according to the state. This is […] The post HPAI confirmed in central Iowa backyard flock appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A crop insurance expert says growers can head into the 2026 season with increased confidence in federal coverage. Tom Zacharias is the president of National Crop Insurance Services and says, “They should have plenty of coverage options out there. It should much more affordable than in the past.” He tells Brownfield the One Big Beautiful […] The post Strengthened crop insurance coverage eases outlook for 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Beans are monitoring development weather in South America, and very early harvest activity in Brazil. Ahead of Tuesday’s open, unknown destinations bought 231,000 tons of U.S. soybeans and China picked up 136,000 tons, both for 2025/26 delivery. Including Monday’s sale to Egypt, the running total for the […] The post Another down day for soybeans, corn, wheat in low trade volume appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The senior vice president of strategy and logistics with GROWMARK says the cooperative’s planned state-of-the-art biological crop input manufacturing facility is aimed at meeting the demands of one of the fastest-growing sectors in the industry. Rod Wells says agricultural biologicals are the next step in crop production and nutrition. “Our facility will allow those companies that […] The post GROWMARK plans new biological crop input facility to meet rising demand in agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A leader with Solutions from the Land says there’s been a push for more renewable energy sources on farms. Ray Gaesser, who farms in the southwest corner of Iowa, says it’s been prevalent in his state. “In Iowa, 63% of our electricity is renewable. It’s wind and solar (energy), but mostly wind.” He tells Brownfield […] The post Renewable power helping farms and rural communities, Gaesser says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Farmers are evaluating their crop options ahead of the next growing season. Brent Gatton from western Kentucky says his farm will stick to its normal corn-soybean rotation next year, but double crop wheat acres are expected to decline, locally. Locally, the price of wheat and what it costs to put the crop out, a lot […] The post Farmers weigh crop options for 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The latest Rural Mainstreet Index says farm and ranchland prices have reached their highest level since April 2024. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says, “Our farmland price index moved above growth neutral and that was a welcomed addition to our survey.” The RMI is a monthly survey of ag bankers in 10 states including Illinois, […] The post RMI survey: Farmland prices highest in 20 months appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story