April 13, 2026

The USDA is reporting another solid week for corn, sorghum, and wheat export inspections. Corn and wheat inspections during the week ending April 9th were below a year ago but topped what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year, with Mexico topping the list for both. Sorghum was up on the year as […] The post U.S. corn, wheat export inspections stay on pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The prospect of negative returns is forcing drastic decisions on a handful of Minnesota farms. Steve Zenk with the Minnesota Department of Agriculture tells Brownfield a small segment of farmers who primarily own all their land are choosing to rent it out rather than farm it in 2026. “And it might be folks that are […] The post “Sitting out the season”: Some Minnesota farms halt production amid financial strain appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer from northwest Missouri says he’s getting creative to overcome rising fertilizer costs and availability issues. Blake Hurst says he’s starting to apply chicken litter as fertilizer over the winter. “We did it on a very small scale last year and did quite a bit more this year as fertilizer. We’re looking forward to […] The post Missouri grower adapts to fertilizer crunch ahead of planting season appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Cash dairy prices were higher on Monday, except for butter at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.71.  One sale was recorded at that price.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0050 at $1.5825.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5750.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was down $0.0025 at $1.7450.  Nine sales were recorded, ranging from $1.7450 to $1.75.  Nonfat dry milk was up $0.0175 at $2.1325.  Five sales were recorded, ranging from $2.12 to $2.1325.    The post Cash dairy prices mostly higher Monday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The co-director of the Ag and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M University says Congress is still talking about more farmer assistance. “I think the how much and the how are still open questions.” Bart Fischer tells Brownfield “I know numbers that have been floated around, north of $15 billion. And so, I think we’re […] The post Lawmakers still considering additional farmer aid appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of an ethanol plant in southern Minnesota says corn deliveries picked up ahead of planting season.“It was like harvest in the last couple weeks.” Brian Kletscher with Highwater Ethanol in Lamberton tells Brownfield there’s a lot of grain in storage. “We went full I think three days in a row, and the corn […] The post “Like harvest again”: ethanol CEO sees spike in corn deliveries appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

To evaluate the long-term Taste What Pork Can Do® consumer brand campaign, the National Pork Board has internal and third-party experts reviewing industry-standard success measures, including digital media, economic and consumer behavior.  Take a look at our previous Appetite for Pork Report videos to see how the National Pork Board’s team built a bigger consumer […] The post Market Growth for the Pork Industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says he’s concerned declining investments in research and development could hinder growth in the U.S. ag industry. Carl Zulauf, professor emeritus at Ohio State University, says research improves the quality and productivity of many agricultural goods, but when you make cuts to research funding, the implications and the impacts don’t show up for many years […] The post Cuts to ag research funding could slow U.S. agricultural growth appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of commodity programs and food systems with the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) says the spring migration is bringing a renewed call for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) awareness. Tasha Bunting tells Brownfield, “Spring is a time when we start to see a little more activity within HPAI.”  She says, “And one of the […] The post Spring brings renewed call for poultry biosecurity appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story