A special investigation conducted by the State Auditor’s Office has identified questionable transactions totalling $122,000 that were handled by the former head of a chamber of commerce in northeast Iowa. Brandie Tomkins was hired in October of 2020 to be director of the Guttenberg Chamber of Commerce. Two years later the chamber entered into an […] View Full Story
A central Minnesota farmer says escalating U.S.-Canada trade tensions are adding uncertainty to the potash market. “We’re hearing potash won’t be one of the things affected,” Cordell Huebsch tells Brownfield. But he’s still on alert. Huebsch says his irrigated dry bean fields will be short on potassium heading into next spring, and potash is one […] The post U.S.-Canada trade tensions raise potash concerns for Minnesota farmer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association has a mixed reaction to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency decision to give 34 small refineries exemptions from mixing reneable fuels with gas. Monte Shaw describes the announcement as a “bad news-maybe not so bad news” situation. “These are only going to be granted if refineries […] View Full Story
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Hot, dry weather in parts of the region could limit yield potential, with more private firms lowering their outlooks this week. That hotter, drier pattern is expected to remain widespread until early next week and could even persist into mid-month for some areas. China bought 202,000 […] The post Soybeans see profit taking as corn, wheat close mixed appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Dec. corn $5.43 and 1/2, down 2 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans $13.10 and 1/4, down 7 and 1/2 centsOct. soybean meal $342.90, down $2.80Oct. soybean oil 70.64, down 181 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $7.74, down 8 and 1/2 centsOct. live cattle $210.17, down $1.90Oct. feeder cattle $314.37, down $1.02Oct. lean hogs $83.77, up 12 centsOct. Class […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 2, 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Broiler hatchery numbers were mixed. The USDA says 250.686 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators, falling 1.237 million on the week partially due to high temperatures in some states, but up slightly on the year thanks to a larger number of laying hens. 194.367 million broiler-type chicks went into meat production, 668,000 less than […] The post Broiler numbers dip on week, rise on year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The chief sales and marketing officer for HUMA says carbon has advantages over salt when it comes to foliar crop nutrition and crop protection products. Fred Nichols tells Brownfield plants and soil love carbon. “So (carbon) becomes our carrier for all of our products. If we apply a nutrient product, whatever it might be, in […] The post HUMA: carbon gives foliar crop nutrition an edge over salt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Biofuel industry partners are strategizing how to grow demand in the Great Lakes. Scott Piggot with Michigan Corn says the state has an opportunity to build the infrastructure needed to support sustainable aviation and maritime fuel expansion. “What we have is a special opportunity, with the only international port in the Midwest, and throw on […] The post Great Lakes Sustainable Fuels Symposium lays groundwork for new markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
The chief appraiser with Farm Credit Illinois says farmland values throughout central and southern Illinois held steady from last year. Kent Reid says the cooperative’s annual study of 22 benchmark farms shows stability in the market. “Farmland is very location specific, but overall, not much of a change.” He says, “A few up, a few […] The post Benchmark study finds Illinois farmland values remain stable appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story
Residents of Hull in northwest Iowa are cleaning up after a powerfull storm brought down trees and power lines last (Tuesday) night. Sioux County Emergency Management Coordinator Ryan De Kruyf says storms that initially appeared likely to stay north of Sioux County shifted south before moving into the area. Hull was among the communities hit […] View Full Story
