July 21, 2026

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley says he supports efforts in the House to provide more financial aid to farmers. The Iowa Republican tells Brownfield the assistance would help address rising input prices. “The justification for it expressed by the President is the Iran war is drawing up the price of diesel and other products that farmers […] The post Grassley endorses farmer assistance, calls for E15 action appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A cow/calf specialist with the University of Illinois Extension says the Asian longhorn tick has been confirmed in three more Illinois counties.   Dr. Teresa Steckler tells Brownfield the invasive species has been discovered in Jefferson, Marion, and Wayne Counties. “This tick will congregate on animals.”  She says, “There’ll be hundreds of thousands of ticks […] The post More Asian Longhorn Tick detections in Illinois appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Few phrases in rural America carry more weight than eminent domain. On paper, it is simply a legal tool. It is an administrative process used to acquire land for public projects. But for the people who live on, work, and build their lives on that land, it is anything but procedural. It is personal, emotional, […] The post Eminent domain: pain and progress appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of hotter-than-normal conditions nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures in the Northeast and Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, below-normal rainfall from the eastern Plains into the Mississippi Valley should contrast with wetter-than-normal weather in parts of the Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and Atlantic Coast States. The post Very to hot weather to expand across the Nation; a drier pattern set to evolve for the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican covers the K-State Risk and Profit Conference. The post K-State Risk and Profit Conference appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story