A US Senator from Kansas says he’s cautiously optimistic that recent trade agreements in principle could expand market access for ag producers. Roger Marshall tells Brownfield the deal with the UK could help lay the groundwork for additional agreements with other countries. “We would like to be able to sell beef in Europe and of…… Continue Reading
Vilsack says threats to global food system are increasing
The CEO of the World Food Prize Foundation says the hunger crisis continues to expand. Tom Vilsack, who’s also a former governor of Iowa and former U.S. Ag Secretary, says there are increasing threats to the global food system. “It’s unacceptable that we have 733 million people in the world today who are food insecure,”…… Continue Reading
Northern Minnesota farmer finishes planting
A northwest Minnesota corn, soybean, and wheat farmer finished planting this week. Austen Germolus of Borup says he started seeding wheat April 18th. “Which is plenty early for us, ground conditions were good. But we ended up getting around two inches of rain the end of April, and we had finished wheat so we had…… Continue Reading
House Ways and Means signs off on tax portion of the budget reconciliation bill
The tax portion of the budget reconciliation bill that will benefit farmers and ranchers has moved out of the House Ways and Means Committee this morning. Chairman Jason Smith of Missouri says the provisions included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would provide much needed certainty for the U.S. ag community. “This bill makes…… Continue Reading
Farmers for Free Trade welcomes UK trade agreement
The executive director of Farmers for Free Trade calls the recent trade announcement with the United Kingdom a step in the right direction. Brian Kuehl tells Brownfield. “One of the things we’ve asked the Trump administration for is improving market access to economies around the world for U.S. food and ag products.” He says that’s…… Continue Reading
Little old crop corn in northwest Iowa
A commodities broker based in northwest Iowa says there’s not a lot of old crop corn in storage. Shane Holtorf with Logic Ag Marketing tells Brownfield there’s been strong demand regionally with several ethanol plants and feed mills. “So we saw really strong basis in the fall that continued to pull new crop grain away,…… Continue Reading
New study finds off-farm income helping farmers keep farming
A recent Market Intel Report shows that off-farm income is helping keep U.S. farming operations afloat. In this episode of Managing for Profit, economist for the American Farm Bureau Federation Danny Munch says 98% of farms receive some form of off-farm income. The post New study finds off-farm income helping farmers keep farming appeared first…… Continue Reading
Dr. Mariangela Hungria named 2025 World Food Prize winner
Pictured: Former U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack (center, speaking at podium) outlines the importance of the World Food Prize during a laureate ceremony in Des Moines on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A Brazilian scientist who has developed seed treatments that sustainably improve crop nutrition has been named the winner of the…… Continue Reading
Grass growth affected by cool, dry spring in MO
A livestock producer in central Missouri says the cool, dry conditions in early spring hurt the grass growth in central Missouri. David Dick from Pettis County tells Brownfield… “there’s orchard grass that’s headed out that’s not knee high and fescue beginning to shoot ahead that just might be above knee high. That’s kind of not…… Continue Reading
Biofuels policy changes can affect soybean prices
An extension ag economist says updates to federal biofuels policy could be bullish for U.S. soybean prices. Ben Brown with the University of Missouri says Congress is considering updates and an extension to the 45z tax credit in the reconciliation package and if those changes provide more certainty for biofuel producers “it would encourage more…… Continue Reading
