June 8, 2026

A new study from Purdue University finds that the U.S -Mexico-Canada Agreement has helped lower U.S. food prices over the past six years. Joseph Balagtas, director of the Center for Food Demand Analysis and Sustainability, says tariff reductions have helped bring down consumer costs. “For every one percentage point reduction in a food tariff, the […] The post Purdue Study: USMCA has helped reduce grocery prices for U.S. consumers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Persistent drought is creating dire conditions for many winter wheat producers in parts of the Great Plains. North-central Kansas farmer Shale Porter tells Brownfield… “We have ourselves abandoned over 200 acres that they adjusted our for about 5 bushel an acre,” Porter said, “so we went ahead and terminated those.” He says doesn’t expect his […] The post Drought forces wheat abandonment across parts of Great Plains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A plant pathologist with University of Missouri Extension says conditions are right for tar spot in corn to show up this month. “We have seen it, I believe like June 12, 13 and 14, or sometime in that window each of the last three years,” Mandy Bish tells Brownfield. “And if you think about it, […] The post Tar spot could appear in corn as conditions favor disease in MO appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A researcher says early claw lesion detection can improve sow productivity. Speaking to Brownfield during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines last week, Dr. Lucas Rodrigues with Zinpro said some of the earliest signs are heel overgrowth and erosion in white lines. The post Early claw lesion detection and its impact on sow productivity appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Market disruptions caused by the conflict in the Middle East are impacting pork producers. Swine lender Chris Ford with Farm Credit Services of America says the rise in global oil prices is being felt across agriculture. “Which has a direct impact on diesel, which pretty much everything on the farm is driven off diesel. Whether […] The post Swine lender: global conflict fueling farm cost volatility appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act was signed into law, but some farmers and lawmakers are concerned that the new milk options won’t make it to school this fall. Dairy farmer Dennis Hawkins from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin tells Brownfield passing this was important. “That will create life-long dairy demand and (for) generations that haven’t […] The post Whole Milk for Healthy Kids might be late for school appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has confirmed two additional cases of New World screwworm in Texas.  One case is in a calf in La Salle County, Texas, about 90 miles south and west of San Antonio, Texas, and the second is in a dog in Andrews County, Texas, which is in West […] The post Two additional cases of New World screwworm confirmed by USDA appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story