April 10, 2026

A Wisconsin farmer says the low prices paid for corn are less painful thanks to ethanol production. Cal Dalton farms near Endeavor, Wisconsin, and tells Brownfield he’s one of more than 800 owners of United Wisconsin Grain Producers, which makes fuel alcohol in nearby Friesland.  “If you’ve got ownership in an ethanol plant, lower price […] The post Ethanol helps a Wisconsin farmer make up for low corn prices appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A market specialist says the ceasefire in the Iran-U.S. conflict will not quickly change fertilizer availability or prices. Josh Linville with Stone X Group tells Brownfield it will take a long time to normalize trade through the Strait of Hormuz. “You’ve got to get all of the production restarted. You’ve got to get the ports […] The post U.S.-Iran ceasefire does little for fertilizer availability, prices appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. Trade Representative says the U.S. is working to strengthen bilateral trade with China. Ambassador Jamieson Greer says the relationship is holding steady. “We have to protect our national security, and we have to protect our economic security,” he says. “We’ve settled into a stable situation with the Chinese, where the United States continues to maintain substantial tariffs […] The post Greer: U.S. and China relationship is stable appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, cementing a higher weekly finish. Crush margins are solid, and there was spillover from bean meal, which was up on aggressive spread trade against bean oil. Bean oil, and beans, largely ignored crude oil Friday, which spent much of the session mixed due to the ongoing questions […] The post Soybeans up Friday, higher on week, with help from bean meal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of commodity programs and food systems with the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) says instances of black vulture predation of livestock are on the rise. Tasha Bunting says issues with the more aggressive relatives to the turkey vulture were once limited to far southern Illinois, but… “Primarily those that are either calving on pasture […] The post Black vulture permits available to Illinois livestock producers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

May corn $4.41, down 3 centsMay soybeans $11.75 and 3/4, up 10 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal $331.80, up $14.20May soybean oil 67.09, down 61 pointsMay Chicago wheat $5.71, down 3 and 1/2 centsJun. live cattle $249.20, up $2.00May feeder cattle $372.35, up $1.92Jun. lean hogs $103.72, down 40 centsMay Class III milk closed at […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 10, 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Minnesota’s commissioner of agriculture tells Brownfield some farmers are sitting out the 2026 crop year. Thom Petersen says negative margins are resulting in growers going idle. “Maybe some of those smaller grain farmers, if they have somebody willing to pay a couple hundred dollars an acre to rent their land and run it rather losing […] The post “Parking equipment”: Minnesota Ag Commissioner says farmers are sitting out 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A rangeland ecologist says producers should implement flexible grazing plans this summer to allow pastures to regrow.    Dirac Tidwell with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln says last month’s wildfires were so widespread that many that rotational options were lost. “Most producers are supplementing with forage and having a localized impact footprint and not scattering the […] The post Nebraska ecologist warns early turnout could delay grassland recovery this season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story