August 21, 2026

Early harvest activities are underway for a sugarbeet grower in west-central Minnesota. Harmon Wilts farms in eastern Swift County. “We just started this week with the pre-lift at Southern Minnesota Sugarbeet Cooperative.” He tells Brownfield weeds have been a problem this year. “We don’t have the newest and latest technology of things like Liberty and […] The post Weed pressure challenges Minnesota sugarbeet growers as harvest begins appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An ag economist says he’s optimistic that some commodity prices could continue to push higher. Guy Allen with Kansas State University says corn futures moved above $5 for the first time in 18 months on Thursday. “What’s really driving the corn fundamentals, we have really good animal protein demand particularly in the beef sector, but […] The post Corn futures top $5 as demand supports prices appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Live cattle imports from Mexico are set to resume Monday.   David Anderson, an ag economist with Texas A&M University tells Brownfield, “The word if is really important. Will we actually open? Will they stay open? “  He says as long as the border stays open, it will eventually add more feeder cattle to available supplies. […] The post Economist says reopening Mexico cattle imports could support future beef production growth appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A bipartisan group of more than 40 former farm leaders, commodity group executives and USDA officials are ramping up their calls for Congressional hearings into the ongoing farm economic crisis.       Jon Doggett, past CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, says the group has sent two letters this year to House and Senate Ag Committee […] The post Former ag leaders increase calls for Congressional action on farm economic crisis appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The President and CEO of the National Milk Producers Association says a potential trade agreement with Canda could improve market access for the industry.   Gregg Doud says the Trump administration intended to impose a 50 percent levy. “That was the purpose of the threat of tariffs is to bring to this thing to a […] The post Dairy group sees potential gains from new Canada trade deal appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A new partnership between Ohio State University and ag tech company Emergent is using artificial intelligence to help improve crop production practices. Scott Shearer, professor of agricultural and biological engineering at Ohio State, says RipLINK LoRaWAN will utilize field data to boost agronomic performance. “These networks are going to help us aggregate data and provide […] The post New Ohio State, Emergent research program aims to deliver better agronomic insights for farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story