September 28, 2026

The American-International Charolais Association has launched a new tool that puts real-time value on red meat yield.   Executive Vice President Brett Spader says the Power of Yield Calculator is a tool for the entire beef supply chain. “It takes that modeling approach, but every week it pulls down current USDA data and then allows you […] The post Power of Yield calculator demonstrates the changing economic value of red meat yield appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in southeast South Dakota says the recent rains have harvest on hold. “We started with sunflower harvest about two weeks ago, and harvest has been on hold the last 10 days or so,” says Chet Edinger, who farms in Davison, Aurora and Sanborn Counties. He says it’s been a wet fall, but its […] The post Recent rains put southeast South Dakota harvest on hold appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Environmental Protection Agency recently awarded $15 million in research grants to study how PFAS, or forever chemicals, can move through crops and livestock. Administrator Lee Zeldin tells Brownfield research and new technologies are rapidly evolving how the pollutants can be managed. “I would not want to understate how far the technological advancements have gone,” […] The post EPA PFAS research investments target farmland, crops, and livestock appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A farmer in northwest Missouri says he’s racing more rain and deteriorating stalks trying to finish corn harvest. Andy Hull in Nodaway County says there’s stalk rot from the challenging growing season, along with sprouting in the husk and deteriorating ears. “There’s black cobs and once that kind of sets in, you’re going to have […] The post Rain, stalk rot challenge northwest Missouri corn harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of AGCO says understanding precision ag tools will be critical for the next generation of producers. “Run towards technology and run towards data.” Eric Hansotia says working with young and beginning farmers is one of their biggest priorities. “We think they are our future,” he said. “For a lot of our solutions we […] The post AGCO CEO encourages young farmers to embrace precision tech appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The soybean harvest is falling behind in Minnesota because of continued wet, cool weather. USDA’s latest weekly crop progress report estimates 14 percent of the crop is out, compared to the five-year average of 23 percent. University of Minnesota Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says areas that had been dry this summer have a lot […] The post Soybean harvest reaches 14% in Minnesota, behind normal pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Michigan farmer says his crops are faring surprisingly well this season. Lenawee County’s Zach Schaffner tells Brownfield, “We’re very happy with the way things are looking.” “Soybeans are probably hit or miss, but better than average, I would say, and we’ve got a really nice corn crop out there,” he shares. He says soybeans […] The post Michigan crop development, harvest progress lagging averages appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeastern Illinois farmer says it’s been a smooth harvest in his area so far. Matt Raben, who grows corn and soybeans in Gallatin County, says he’s around half finished bringing the crop in. “We started probably 4 weeks ago, which is a little above our average, so moving along okay, we did get a […] The post Quick pace and good yields highlight southeastern Illinois harvest appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says harvest in Wisconsin is not as far along as usual. As of Sunday, 4% of the state’s corn is harvested, which is even with the five-year average, with 69% in good to excellent condition, 92% dented, and 54% mature.  However, only 5% of soybeans are harvested, which is 5% behind the average […] The post Wisconsin harvest behind average pace appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. China and the U.S. will lower tariffs on some goods, that does not appear to include soybeans for crush use. That keeps Beijing’s 10% tariff on soybean imports in place, discouraging private Chinese firms from buying U.S. beans directly, instead, purchases will continue to be made […] The post Soybeans dive as China keeps import tariff in place appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story