July 6, 2026

A Thumb-area farmer says corn seems to be adapting to challenging weather conditions the best this season. Matt Frostic tells Brownfield, “It looks to be a really good crop, it has that potential.” “Soybeans have been struggling with the moisture and the cold weather, I would say they’re kind of way behind at this point,” he shares. […] The post Michigan corn condition striving compared to other crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A Thumb-area farmer says corn seems to be adapting to challenging weather conditions the best this season. Matt Frostic tells Brownfield, “It looks to be a really good crop, it has that potential.” “Soybeans have been struggling with the moisture and the cold weather, I would say they’re kind of way behind at this point,” he shares. […] The post Michigan corn condition preforming well compared to other crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag meteorologist says the heat dome in the forecast for the U.S. Plains isn’t expected to have a widespread impact on pollinating corn, the growing crops or livestock. “As long as the ridge is going to be dominating in the plains,” says Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated. “If, for some reason, the ridge […] The post Lerner: heat dome impact should be limited appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in northwest Minnesota is encouraged by crop conditions. Austen Germolus of Borup says planting went well and rains have been timely. “We had a good stand on corn, wheat is full and looks good. It’s all headed out (and) we got our application of fungicide applied. And the beans are probably looking the […] The post Minnesota farmer says corn, wheat and soybeans are looking strong appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A break in the rain ahead of Independence Day provided a window for Missouri producers to cut and bale hay. “If we’ve got a three day window, that’s good. We’re rolling,” says Cody Zuroweste, a cow-calf producer in Callaway County. “We’ve done probably close to 300 bales. The stuff we’ve seen, you know, there’s not […] The post Dry window helps Missouri producers put up quality hay appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A north Iowa farmer says corn is already tasseling. April Hemmes farms near Hampton. “You know the old grandpa adage ‘knee high by the 4th of July’ and I have tassels everywhere.” She tells Brownfield her earliest corn was planted before April 20th. “And that is all starting to tassel and really popping, and looking […] The post ‘Tassels everywhere’: early planted north Iowa corn takes off appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were sharply higher on fund and technical buying. The USDA’s national crop rating should show the impact of recent heat and flooding in some key growing areas. The USDA says 64% of U.S. soybeans are in good to excellent shape, 1% lower than a week ago, with 34% of the crop blooming and 9% […] The post Soybeans, corn return from holiday with weather concerns appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of the Illinois Farm Service Agency says farmers across the state have been impacted by a variety of severe weather conditions this growing season. William Graff tells Brownfield, “We’ve had damaging tornadoes, we’ve had hail, we’ve had, you know, the ongoing flooding. There’s been a lot of localized, heavy, heavy rainfall that has […] The post Severe weather impacting Illinois crop conditions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Winter wheat harvest has wrapped up for many Missouri farmers, and the crop has been good quality. Brice Fischer from west-central Missouri recently told Brownfield it was one of the muddiest wheat harvests he’s had in a long time. “The test weight was fair to low, with lots of moisture in the wheat,” he says. […] The post June rains creates winter wheat harvest challenges, but quality strong appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story