May 13, 2026

For my entire adult life, I’ve heard people talk about what’s closing, what’s changing, and what’s next in their rural hometowns. Maybe those small towns aren’t dying but instead adapting. Kind of like the people who live in them – resourceful, a little stubborn, and always figuring out how to make do with what they […] The post Rural America isn’t dying – it’s adapting appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The new president of the South Dakota FFA Association says he’s looking forward to helping the association grow in the next year. Jackson Cammack is from the Sturgis FFA and says one of the team’s goals is to grow alumni relations. “It’s kind of an untapped reservoir, I would say, for just overall community goals […] The post Meet the new South Dakota FFA president appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A northern Illinois farmer says he’s closely watching the U.S. House of Representatives today.   David Isermann, who raises corn, soybeans, and cattle in LaSalle County and is president of the LaSalle County Farm Bureau, says an expected vote on nationwide, year-round E15 is pivotal for agriculture. “E15 was one that they split off, maybe […] The post Northern Illinois farmer keeping an eye on potential E15 vote appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Crop emergence is being hindered by soil crusting in northern Iowa. Iowa State University Extension agronomist Angie Rieck-Hinz says some heavy rains fells the last week of April. “So those highly-tilled soils, there’s not a lot of residue left (and) there’s not any soil structure left from tillage (so) they tend to crust over. The […] The post Iowa agronomist warns soil crusts acting like “concrete layer” appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Corteva Agriscience has announced the headquarters for its two new business units. Indianapolis will be home to “New Corteva,” its future crop protection company, and Johnston, Iowa will become the headquarters for  Vylor, its new seed and genetics company. “New Corteva” will center its research and development operations at the new headquarters. It will also […] The post New headquarters announced for “New Corteva” and Vylor appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in central Missouri says silage production went well this spring. Nathan Alpers, who farms in Cooper County, tells Brownfield “I guess it’d been a week ago. We put up 80 acres of rye and triticale for silage hay, and it got a little more mature than we wanted it. But with the rain, […] The post Missouri farmer says wet conditions good for silage, delaying dry hay work appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Can adjusting planting depth help increase yields? In this episode of Managing for Profit, Ohio State University’s Alex Lindsey says more uniform emergence can help farmers reduce the need to replant. The post New OSU research looking at ways to maximize profits through planting depth appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A new report from the University of Missouri’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute says passing nationwide, year-round E15 legislation could be a mixed bag for row crops. Director Seth Meyer says while it would benefit U.S. corn demand and prices… “The pie doesn’t change, just the slice going to ethanol becomes bigger.” He tells […] The post FAPRI: expanded E15 sales would benefit corn, create tradeoffs for soybeans appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story