August 3, 2026

An agronomist in Michigan and northern Indiana says recent rains were a major boost for the corn, with rain totals up to four inches. “Some might call it a one million dollar rain.” Charles Scovill with Golden Harvest tells Brownfield the timing was just right as the corn wraps up pollination and starts setting kernels. […] The post Michigan corn benefits from timely rainfall, but tar spot risk remains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Rance Daniels, a farmer in southeast Missouri, tells Brownfield it’s been an interesting growing season so far. “All our crops are ahead of schedule this year.” He’s expecting rice harvest to begin in early September. “There will be some rice cutting the last of August, some of the rice that got planted the end of […] The post Missouri crops ahead of schedule, soybean conditions improve appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Crop development remains ahead of normal in Minnesota. USDA’s latest weekly crop update shows corn 5 percent dented, compared to the five-year average of 2 percent.  Soybeans setting pods reached 75 percent, well ahead of the usual pace of 55 percent. Southwest Minnesota corn and soybean grower Ryan Mackenthun tells Brownfield there’s far less disease […] The post Minnesota corn, soybeans 75% good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwestern Wisconsin farmer says a hot, dry end of July has tempered his expectations for his crops. Mike Berget, who raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and hogs in Lafayette and Green Counties, tells Brownfield, “We were just short of moisture, just driving through and checking the ears and I see some of these ears backed […] The post Weekend rains likely too late for some Wisconsin crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Parts of the region got rain over the weekend and forecasts for early August mostly look favorable. After that, the picture gets a little cloudier, with the potential for the emergence of another hot, dry stretch. The USDA says 63% of U.S. soybeans are good to […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat recover part of last week’s drop appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Illinois farmer says he’s not expecting a record crop on his operation this fall. Lance Muirhead (Meer-head), who grows corn, soybeans, and wheat in Macon County, says adverse weather conditions have taken a toll on the corn crop. “In the last 10 days, the beans really shot up, so they look pretty good.”  […] The post Excess rain and heat impacting some Illinois crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says nationwide, year-round E15 legislation was added to an updated draft of the farm bill because there wasn’t another legislative vehicle available. John Boozman tells Brownfield “It was difficult to find time for it to be a stand alone bill because it takes so much time to […] The post Senate farm bill draft includes nationwide year-round E15 provision appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A retail sales agronomist with Brevant Seeds suggests the soybean crop in the Upper Midwest is brimming with potential. Casey Schleusner is based in northern Iowa and says fields look clean heading into a critical time for soybean development. “Disease pressure right now in soybeans, it’s not really too bad when you think of the […] The post Healthy soybeans poised for strong yields in Iowa appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn $4.49 and 1/4, up 8 and 1/2 centsSep. soybeans $11.73 and 3/4, up 3 centsSep. soybean meal $315.40, up 50 centsSep. soybean oil 68.79, up 153 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.51, up 11 and 3/4 centsOct. live cattle $226.72, down 52 centsSep. feeder cattle $342.55, down $1.22Oct. lean hogs $83.67, down $1.17Sep. Class III […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 3, 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. crop condition ratings generally declined over the past week. Some key U.S. growing areas did see more seasonal temperatures and rainfall, while other portions of the region continued to experience high heat and parts of the Midwest had severe storms. The USDA says 61% of U.S. corn is good to excellent, down 2%, and […] The post 61% of U.S. corn, 63% of soybeans good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story