June 18, 2026

The operations manager for a specialty meat producer says there are several steps to ensuring a premium product. Dr. Steven Larsen with Iowa Craft Meats tells Brownfield they promote an elevated pork eating experience that starts with great swine genetics. “That’s the building block of what we do. And then we also change the diet […] The post Duroc pork producer focuses on flavor through specialized feeding program appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A new slate of state officers has been elected to serve Indiana FFA for the next year. Hayden Stookey of the Tippecanoe Valley FFA Chapter is the newly elected Indiana FFA State President. “Tippecanoe Valley has never had a state officer,” he says. “To say that I’m the first one, means a lot.”  Southern Region […] The post Indiana FFA elects new 2026-2027 state officer team appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

New federal clarifications on the H-2A guest worker program will allow dairy farms to access temporary workers. National Council of Farmer Cooperatives CEO Duane Simpson tells Brownfield, “We’ve been working for years to try to expand the use of H-2A labor to those organizations that need labor that is virtually year-round, the law has always […] The post Dairy farmers able to access H-2A program under new interpretations appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says 1.7 million cattle were placed into feedlots during the month of May, a 10 percent decline from 2025.   While within pre-report expectations, it was at the low end of the ranges. Placements declined significantly for Kansas, Nebraska, and Texas.  Continued tight supplies pulled marketings down 12 percent from 2025, the second lowest […] The post Cattle on Feed up 2 percent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Iowa butcher suggests consumers aren’t flinching despite record high beef prices.  Tucker Maxwell of Maxwell Custom Beef in Des Moines says people are willing to pay for a quality product. “People are still buying, and they’ll pay for I guess that insurance, or knowing where their food comes from. That’s a really big […] The post High beef prices haven’t slowed demand, central Iowa processor says appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Six new programs have been added to the Wisconsin Association of FFA. Brooke Priest is an FFA Advisor at Preble High School in Green Bay. “We realized that if we have an affiliated middle school FFA chapter, where it’s the four middle schools that have ag programs in Green Bay, that we could get every student involved […] The post Wisconsin FFA expands with six new chapters focused on agriscience appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chief economist with The Fertilizer Institute says urea prices on the global market have returned to pre-Middle East conflict levels. However, Veronica Nigh tells Brownfield, “Right now, those urea prices are back down as we’re seeing that global demand be a bit more in line with available global supply, but we shouldn’t necessarily get […] The post Urea prices down, but for how long? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chief economist with The Fertilizer Institute says urea prices on the global market have returned to pre-Middle East conflict levels. However, Veronica Nigh tells Brownfield, “Right now, those urea prices are back down as we’re seeing that global demand be a bit more in line with available global supply, but we shouldn’t necessarily get […] The post Urea prices down, but for how long? appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story