A missing Kossuth County child is back with his mother after he was found Monday at his grandparents’ home in Wisconsin. Five-year-old Douglas Jonathan Zane Roth was reported missing in November of last year. Law enforcement officials believed he had been taken to Wisconsin by his father as part of a custody dispute. Thirty-three-year-old Douglas […] View Full Story
An analyst for a specialty crop organization says high input costs and low farm gate prices are not just a problem for row crop producers. Christopher Gerlach with the U.S. Apple Association tells Brownfield apple producers are feeling the pressure. “So, for the last couple of years in a row, we’ve had prices paid […] The post Apple growers struggle with tight margins appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A member of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s executive committee says he’s optimistic about the future of U.S. beef and pork exports. Matt Schuiteman tells Brownfield, “We’re in a cycle of profitability right now for both of those species. But you can see quickly that if we didn’t have overseas markets, the profitability wouldn’t be there.” He […] The post Overseas demand continues to support U.S. beef and pork profitability appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans are watching weather in South America, including chances for more hot, dry weather in southern Argentina, potentially stressing the crop. Brazil’s expected record soybean harvest is still in the early stages at around 2% complete and with planting nearly wrapped up for the season. Safras […] The post Soybeans weak, corn mixed, watching weather in South America appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A northwest Iowa man is under arrest in connection with a search this fall that allegedly found children and animals living in unsafe conditions at a rural Plymouth County property. The Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office says that 53-year-old Rick Reifenrath of Le Mars was taken into custody last week during a traffic stop, when authorities […] View Full Story
Mar. corn $4.23 and 3/4, down 1 centMar. soybeans $10.553, down 4 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal $291.60, up $1.60Mar. soybean oil 52.56, down 5 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.10 and 1/4, down 7 and 3/4 centsFeb. live cattle $232.37, up 22 centsMar. feeder cattle $357.67, up $1.22Feb. lean hogs $87.85, down 42 centsFeb. Class III […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 20, 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A northwest Iowa farmer who has agreed to let the Summit Carbon pipeline run through his family’s land is part of a group lobbying legislators today, urging passage of the proposal that would give the company more leeway to rechart its pipeline route around landowners who won’t sign a voluntary easement. Kelly Nieuwenhuis of Primghar […] View Full Story
U.S. egg production ended 2025 on a solid note. The USDA says 9.125 billion eggs were produced in December of last year, a little bit above December 2024, with a better average rate of lay canceling out a slight decline in the number of layers. The number of egg and broiler type chicks hatched during […] The post Egg production up in December appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The U.S. Supreme Court recently announced an upcoming review of a Bayer Roundup case. The court will hear the “Durnell” product-liability case, which Bayer says should address the split in authority among federal circuit courts on the application of federal preemption. The Supreme Court previously called for the views of the Solicitor General, who submitted […] The post U.S. Supreme Court to review Bayer Roundup preemption case appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The associate director of the Midwestern Regional Climate Center says drought conditions are likely to persist in parts of the Cornbelt. Melissa Widhalm says moderate to extreme drought has developed due to the lack of winter precipitation. “In areas of central Illinois, northern Indiana, across southeast and southern Missouri, and northwest Ohio,” she says. “That whole […] The post MRCC: Moderate to extreme drought likely to continue appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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