It took all week for any direct cash cattle trade to take place. There were just a few deals reported, in Nebraska at $405 dressed, full steady with the previous week’s weighted average basis. Live deals were marked at $256, about $1 higher than the bulk of the prior week’s weighted averages. At the New […] The post Cash hogs sharply lower to finish the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Iowa Supreme Court has upheld a lower court opinion dismissing a human trafficking charge against a Polk County man. Kevin Lind was charged with human trafficking after police say he negotiated with an undercover police officer to have sex with her and what he thought was her underage daughter. He was shown fake photos […] View Full Story
Governor Kim Reynolds says state gas tax revenue isn’t keeping up with what’s needed to build and maintain Iowa’s roads and bridges and it may be time to have regular increases in the gas tax that are tied to inflation. “We have to be careful about that because of how you decide what it is,” […] View Full Story
Iowa Realtors Association data shows the number of Iowa home sales in May jumped 17.3% compared to April. Iowa Realtors President Erik Melloy says Iowa’s housing market was active and balanced in May. Homes were on the market for about 10 days, compared to 12 days in April. The median sales price for a home […] View Full Story
A monthly survey of rural bank CEOs in the Midwest finds nearly 58% see stable or modest growth in the small businesses in their area. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss said that and other survey responses has pushed the “Rural Mainstreet Index” to its highest level in three years. “It’s not just the farming and […] View Full Story
Juneteenth celebrations are planned across the state today marking the end of slavery in 1865. The Black Hawk County NAACP has celebrated since the 1990s, though it has only been a federal holiday for five years. The group’s president Latanya Graves says “unity” is their theme for 2026. “With everything that’s going on in the […] View Full Story
The Iowa DCI is investigating the shooting of a woman by Red Oak police officer. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Ramey says officers it started Wednesday evening when officers were called out on a welfare check. He says they were attempting to talk to the occupant of the house. “That occupant exited the house, and […] View Full Story
The USDA reported big drops in both placements and marketings in its latest Cattle on Feed report. University of Tennessee ag economist Charley Martinez says it’s a reflection of the current environment. “Placements during the month of May, were down a massive 10% compared to 2025,” he says. “Marketings of fed cattle, were 12% below last year, and the second lowest May total […] The post Placements drop 10% from last year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Across the Corn Belt, Wednesday’s thunderstorms produced localized wind and hail damage, mainly from eastern Iowa into southern Ohio. Early Thursday, cool, mostly dry weather prevails, although most Midwestern summer crops retain adequate to abundant soil moisture in the wake of recent storminess. On June 14, roughly two-thirds of the U.S. corn (68%) and soybeans […] The post A brief lull before unseasonably active weather resumes on the Plains, across most of the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A dairy farmer in central Missouri says his family has used vertical integration and value-added processing to reduce exposure to volatile commodity milk markets, support multiple family members on the farm and create a more stable income stream despite rising production costs. Michael Hemme with Hemme Dairy and Hemme Brothers Creamery says “There was more […] The post Missouri dairy family finds success through cheese making appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
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