July 1, 2026

Cash dairy prices were mostly unchanged Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.68. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were unchanged at $1.43.  Twenty-one sales were recorded ranging from $1.4100 to $1.45.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.4750. No sales were reported.  Butter was down $0.0175 to $1.68. Twenty-two sales were recorded ranging from $1.66 to $1.68.  Nonfat dry milk was down $0.0950 to $1.5350. Nineteen sales were recorded, ranging from $1.5350 to $1.60.  The post Cash dairy prices remain mostly unchanged Wednesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the National Corn Growers Association says Bayer’s move to seek duties on Chinese glyphosate is frustrating for farmers. Jed Bower tells Brownfield, “What they are wanting to do is have the government put a tariff on the generic products coming in from China, which in turn obviously will drastically increase the price […] The post Corn growers push back on Bayer petition for glyphosate duties appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An agronomist is sounding the alarm as environmental conditions favor a foliar disease in corn. Ron Geis with Corteva Agriscience says gray leaf spot thrives in warm, humid, and wet weather. “The inoculum is here, it overwinters. So it’s already in the fields. It just needs that 11, 12 hours of leaf wetness before it […] The post Overnight leaf wetness creates ideal conditions for gray leaf spot appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The U.S. International Trade Commission has unanimously decided to uphold anti-dumping tariffs on Mexican tomatoes. Florida Tomato Exchange manager Robert Guenther tells Brownfield, “Grower after grower across the country, not just in Florida, that grows tomatoes, have been strapped because of low prices that they know are coming in below cost of production, which is […] The post Mexican tomato tariffs stay in place following ITC review appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association (ICGA) says the USDA’s recently released Regenerative Feedstock Rule is generally good news for farmers. Mark Bunselmeyer, who farms in Macon County, says it’s a clear framework that offers producers a path to benefitting from the 45Z tax credits. “There is field level scoring that doesn’t just […] The post USDA’s Feedstock Rule mostly positive for corn farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

In this episode of Managing for Profit, Michael Langemeier with Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture takes a deeper dive into the latest Ag Economy Barometer survey. The post Ag economist says increased land-use pressures likely to contribute to higher land values appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story