June 10, 2026

An ag lobbyist says he’s optimistic a delay in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s farm bill timeline won’t derail the legislation this year. Randy Russell with The Russell Group tells Brownfield “Senator Bozeman has come out and said now he wants to release his bill before the July 4 recess and then mark it up in […] The post Updated Senate farm bill timeline could help nutrition talks appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomy manager with Wyffels Hybrids says torrential downpours are wreaking havoc on some fields this spring. Robby Meeker, who covers the eastern half of Illinois and all of Indiana, says some farmers have recently seen storms drop up to 8 inches of rain on newly emerged crops. “A lot of guys that just side-dressed […] The post Downpours challenging some farmers this spring appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of Cattle Fax says there are some signs that regional herd expansion is happening the U.S.   But, Randy Blach says, the pace is nowhere near what the industry had in the last cattle cycle. “We’re seeing more heifers retained. They’re going to be exposed to bulls. We’re in that time of the […] The post Herd expansion taking shape, but not at previous cycle’s pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of swine health for the National Pork Board says there is a lot of disease pressure pork producers are struggling with right now. Speaking to Brownfield during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines last week, Dr. Marisa Rotolo said NPB has developed the National Swine Health Strategy, which is focused on advancing […] The post Swine industry unites behind national plan to improve herd health appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A dairy nutritionist says that with the end of Brown Midrib corn on the horizon, farmers are asking if low-lignin alfalfa can take its place in the rations. Dr. Isaac Salfer with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield there are differences and some similarities in the two forages. “Just from a rate of fiber digestibility […] The post A nutritionist says low-lignin alfalfa can help make up for losing BMR corn appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, dry weather prevails from the middle Mississippi Valley into Michigan, during a gap between storm systems. However, a new round of shower and thunderstorm activity is spreading across the upper Midwest. Most Midwestern corn and soybeans remain adequately watered, with statewide topsoil moisture on June 7 ranging from 40% very short […] The post An active pattern; more severe weather, local flooding for parts of the Plains, Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Purdue University’s Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Laboratory is using AI to help the ag sector stay ahead of product demand. Jarrod Sutton, Purdue DIAL Ventures managing director, explains more about the use of artifical intelligence in ag. The post Using AI to improve supply chain efficiencies appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures in most areas between the Rockies and Appalachians, while warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to the Far West, including the Pacific Coast States, as well as the Gulf Coast region and areas along the Atlantic Seaboard as far north as southern […] The post Much cooler air on-the-move; no shortage of rainfall opportunities for a large portion of the Nation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story