A new Indiana University initiative is helping farmers increase local food sales with large wholesale buyers. Jodie Smith, founder of FARMWISE Indiana, says the program is centered around building relationships within rural communities. AUDIO: Healthy Living on FARMWISE Indiana The post Providing rural communities with healthy food appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. … Continue Reading
Kansas dairy constantly seeks efficiency, conservation improvements
This year’s World Dairy Expo Dairy Producer of the Year is always seeking ways to improve the farming operation. Ken McCarty tells Brownfield they were milking around 800 cows in the early 1990s and now milk more than 20-thousand cows on four Kansas farms. He says genetically, the cows have gotten better, the technology has…… Continue Reading
Trump: USMCA renewal TBD
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday all options are on the table as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is renegotiated. “We could renegotiate it and that would be good, or we could just do different deals,” he says. “We’re allowed to do different deals if we want. We might make deals that are better for…… Continue Reading
Managing on-farm grain storage is key this fall
As more grain is stored on-farm this fall, an economist at CoBank reminds farmers it costs to be your own grain elevator. Tanner Ehmke tells Brownfield “grain sitting in the grain bin is like cash sitting in a bank account. You’re not earning interest on that. You haven’t converted that grain into cash. It’s not…… Continue Reading
Cautious optimism lifts soybeans amid trade aid hopes
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Beans remain cautiously optimistic about the prospect of a trade aid announcement this week and the end of month tariff talks with China. Still, the trade aid waters are muddied by the ongoing partial shutdown of the federal government and the meeting between President Trump and…… Continue Reading
Cattle futures higher, lean hogs lower
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher ahead of the week’s direct business. Feeders took the lead on the tight supply of market ready numbers and weakness in corn, and both live and feeder cattle were helped out by the higher midday move in boxed beef. December live was…… Continue Reading
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 7, 2025
Dec. corn $4.19 and 3/4, down 2 centsNov. soybeans $10.22, up 4 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal $276.90, down 20 centsDec. soybean oil 51.04, up 66 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.06 and 3/4, down 6 centsDec. live cattle $237.72, up $1.05Nov. feeder cattle $364.25, up $3.45Dec. lean hogs $86.17, down $1.10Nov. Class III milk closed at…… Continue Reading
Rep. Budzinski: Farmers face added uncertainty as USDA support pauses in shutdown
A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says the partial shutdown of the federal government is compounding already uncertain times for farmers. Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says members of her Agriculture Advisory Council told her Tuesday that not having access to an already understaffed USDA is concerning. “There was real concern voiced on…… Continue Reading
Farmers becoming less optimistic about future of the ag economy
The latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows farmers continue to be concerned about the ag economy. Michael Langemeier, director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, says the survey was taken when the September supply and demand report was released, and it contributed to the weaker outlook. “About 70 percent of those we survey are crop…… Continue Reading
Illinois farmer preps for wheat planting as double-crop beans struggle
A southeastern Illinois farmer says he’s concerned about the double-crop soybeans he planted this summer following wheat harvest. Don Guinnip, who farms in Clark County, says the late-season drought has restricted their potential. “I would expect it will be below average.” He says, “I just think that hot, dry weather impacted them more than the…… Continue Reading
