Iowa Libertarians have selected replacements for two candidates that district court judges ruled did not qualify for the November ballot. Party officials say they’ll submit paperwork next week at the Iowa Secretary of State’s office to list Des Moines attorney Jacob Heard as the party’s candidate in Iowa’s third congressional district and Charles Aldrich of […] View Full Story
A southern Missouri cattle producer is raising questions about the Missouri Department of Agriculture’s grant selection process after reviewing a list of recipients. In a Conservatives for Rural Missouri Facebook post, George Sholtz said roughly a third of the awardees hold state leadership, board, government or institutional positions. The MDA says more than 3,300 applications were received […] The post Missouri cattle producer questions MDA beef and dairy grant selection process appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Salix in northwest Iowa postponed its city council meeting tonight because of safety concerns following threats made on social media. The city council was expected to vote on a one-year moratorium on data centers. Salix Mayor Kevin Nelson says the community remains divided over a potential data center, but this should not happen. “Be civil […] View Full Story
A 26-year-old Missouri woman has died from injuries suffered in an ATV crash Saturday August 8th at Bluff Creek OHV Park southwest of Oskaloosa. The Iowa DNR says Emily Turner of Jamesport, Missouri was operating a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle on a track at the ATV and off-road motorcycle park, when she lost control and was […] View Full Story
Weather challenges across the world are bringing global grain supplies into question. EarthDaily global crop intelligence lead Nick Ohrtman says Europe has struggled with drought. “The European crop has been, it’s more or less toward the end for a lot of it. But the last part of it really burned up, and they really found […] The post Drought, heat threaten grain production around the world appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Food + Farm Exploration Center has named Jill Makovec of Dane and Grant/Iowa counties an inaugural Rooted in Gratitude Community Catalyst Honoree, recognizing her leadership, communication and service on behalf of Wisconsin agriculture and rural communities. Makovec’s connection to agriculture began on her family’s Lazy M Acres farm near Muscoda. She has built a […] The post Jill Makovec Named Inaugural “Rooted in Gratitude” Honoree for Contributions to Wisconsin Agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. The USDA’s production guess was up on the month due to higher acreage numbers, which canceled out a cut in yield. Still, there are some expectations that yield could decline further once harvest gets underway. New crop ending stocks were larger, with the higher production estimate canceling […] The post Lower yield, ending stocks guesses support corn appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
A wheat extension educator says he expects near record wheat yields across Michigan. Michigan State University’s Dennis Pennington says, “I think growers were surprised when they went to the field.” “The yields were better than what they were expecting,” he shares. “I think that is attributed partly to the low levels of disease that we had this […] The post MSU wheat trials show strong 2026 yields as USDA projects back-to-back record years appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The USDA added more corn and soybean acres in its latest production estimates, which included the first survey-based yield forecasts of the season. Sam Hudson with Cornbelt Marketing tells Brownfield “That’s 2.8 million acres between corn and beans alone, combined. It’s just a huge total, 183.5 million combined corn and beans, that’s a record. You […] The post Record corn, soybean acreage offsets lower USDA yield estimates appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The Food and Drug Administration says it is taking steps to increase transparency in the food safety system. Acting commissioner Kyle Diamantas says the FDA has proposed changes to modernize the Generally Recognized as Safe regulations. “By proposing mandatory grass notifications, we are closing critical information gaps and giving FDA greater visibility into the substances in […] The post FDA seeks greater oversight of food ingredients through proposed GRAS rule changes appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
