January 29, 2026

A certified real estate appraiser says farmland values are showing wide variations in northern Illinois. Deanne Phelps covers Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, and Ogle counties for Compeer Financial. “Property values within my territory, I’d say they vary significantly. Kind of depending on the market conditions and the buyer demand.” Even within counties, she says […] The post Appraiser: farmland prices uneven across northern Illinois counties appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Another highly pathogenic avian influenza case involving game birds has been confirmed in northern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the impacted site is a multi-species game bird hatchery in Kossuth County. State officials tell Brownfield that 25,000 total birds – which includes pheasants, quail and chukars – will be depopulated. […] The post Pheasants, quail, chukars impacted in new Iowa HPAI detection appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A risk management and marketing advisor is advising dairy producers to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage program for 2026. Mike North with Ever.ag says, “Yeah, highly complex advice here: Get it.” North tells Brownfield the changes to the program are beneficial for nearly every dairy farm. “Six million pounds at nine and a half […] The post Risk management advisor says get DMC coverage appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin’s ag board will discuss the latest attempt to set Wisconsin’s animal inspection fees Thursday. Ag Secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield farmers and industry stakeholders strongly opposed the first proposed increase, which would have raised some costs 17-hundred percent.  Romanski says this second proposal is substantially lower. “This winds up being an inflationary adjustment, and […] The post Wisconsin Ag Board to consider latest animal fee proposal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story