July 22, 2026

Ohio State’s new Multispecies Animal Learning Complex is helping prepare students for their future careers in the dairy industry. Assistant director Josh Lemmerman says the $60 million facility uses technology and automation to teach students about herd management. “We recently added a second robot so that we have one for teaching,” he says. “We typically […] The post New Ohio State MALC facility help students gain real-world experience in dairy management appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Hatchery numbers continue to point towards higher chicken production in 2026. The USDA says 253.883 million broiler-type eggs went into incubation last week, falling 552,000 from the previous week, but rising 2% from a year ago. Average hatchability was steady at 79.3% of all eggs in incubation. 195.352 million broiler-type chicks were placed into meat […] The post Broiler placements remain 2% ahead of last year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Several state corn growers associations have asked the Senate Judiciary Committee to expedite an investigation into the U.S fertilizer industry. Vice President of the Kansas group Brett Grauerholz says he’d like the findings to identify what’s driving record-high prices, but, “This is not going to be a quick easy fix as much as we want […] The post Corn growers push for faster probe into fertilizer industry appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Minnesota livestock producer sees positives and negatives from the historically high cattle market. Danny Vos has cow-calf pairs and finishes cattle near Hendricks. “It’s been darn good I guess. It would be a tough thing to get into now with the high prices, so it’s good to be in it I guess before […] The post Cattle producer says strong prices come with challenges appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation says he hopes more Iowans will step up to help address hunger across the state, as demand for food assistance remains a challenge for many families. Tom Vilsack, who’s a former governor of Iowa and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, tells Brownfield, “I think it’s important for Iowans […] The post Vilsack encourages Iowans to help fight hunger at home appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of regenerative agriculture with ADM says a new partnership is bringing more support for conservation efforts across 40,000 Midwestern wheat acres. Paul Scheetz says the company is collaborating with General Mills and Walmart to advance sustainable agricultural practices that help build a stronger, more resilient food system.  “We’re incentivizing farmers to adopt practices […] The post ADM, General Mills, and Walmart partnering to bring more regenerative practices to Midwestern wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says grain markets aren’t likely to see a major reaction if President Trump’s temporary 10 percent tariffs expire as scheduled on Friday. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield, “There’s other alternative ways to lay these tariffs back into play that the Trump administration is going to do.” Trump imposed the tariffs under […] The post Temporary Trump tariffs set to expire Friday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story