September 9, 2026

ADM is helping farmers connect with local grain markets through its Producer Direct program. ADM’s Brooke Achenbach tells Brownfield the goal is to make grain delivery as convenient and efficient as possible. “Some farmers don’t actually know they can deliver their grain direct to ADM,” she said. “It’s something we think we have a competitive […] The post ADM Producer Direct connects farmers with local markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A rice farmer in the Missouri Bootheel is wrapping up harvest and says he doesn’t have much of his crop marketed. Rance Daniels, who farms in Dunklin County, says while rice futures prices have improved lately, basis has widened. “The milled rice prices need to improve, so the basis will narrow back down. And it […] The post Missouri rice farmer holds off on sales as basis remains wide appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A ribbon cutting happened this week for the $1.8 million newly expanded Swine Education and Research Facility at South Dakota State University. “We’re able to build two new wean-to-finish nutrition rooms, and that allows us to finish and do research on every group of animals that’s farrowed here at South Dakota State University,” Bob Thaler, […] The post Pork facility expansion supports South Dakota agriculture appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Iowa farmer says he’s cautiously optimistic about the upcoming fall harvest. Grant Kimberley is a sixth-generation farmer from Maxwell. “Overall, I’d say things are looking pretty good. Now, we did catch that extremely heavy rainfall in early July at 10-13 inches.” He tells Brownfield that large rain event was slightly problematic. “We had […] The post Harvest optimism despite summer weather challenges appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Iowa Ag Secretary Mike Naig says the state’s farmers are adopting cover crops at a record pace. “We have now for the first time enrolled 1 million acres in our cover crop cost-share in the state of Iowa.” He says that’s up from 700,000 acres enrolled in state cost-share programs in 2025. “We have been […] The post Naig touts Iowa’s cover crop adoption appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Traders continue to watch weather and get ready for the USDA’s supply, demand, and production numbers out Friday. Beans are also looking at weather ahead of widespread planting in South America. Ahead of Wednesday’s open, China bought 340,000 tons of U.S. soybeans and unknown destinations picked […] The post Corn grinds lower under early harvest pressure appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, feeders were up waiting on direct business to develop.  October live cattle closed $1.17 lower at $215.85 and December live cattle closed $.75 lower at $218.47.  October feeder cattle closed $.37 higher at $325.80 and November feeder cattle closed $.90 higher at $321.35.  Direct cash cattle […] The post Cattle futures mixed ahead of widespread direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Some farm groups say President Trump’s Executive Order supporting American ranchers is a positive step forward for gray wolf management. Wisconsin Farm Bureau’s Tyler Wenzlaff tells Brownfield the past four administrations have taken steps to delist or remove protections for wolves in some capacity. “We really believe that this is not a partisan issue and […] The post Farm groups support Trump order to return wolf management to states appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story