The USDA is projecting the largest U.S. corn crop on record. Based on data as of August 1st, this year’s corn production is estimated at 16.742 billion bushels, 13% larger than 2024, on an all-time high for average yield at 188.8 bushels per acre thanks to favorable weather and higher planted area of 97.254 million…… Continue Reading

Increasingly high fertilizer prices have farmers seeking ways to maximize the value of their input purchases.                       Kip Jacobs, regional agronomist for the eastern U.S. with Mosaic, says some biological additives can make that costly fertilizer more available for plant uptake. “Especially now when margins are getting tighter and tighter.”  He says, “If we can do…… Continue Reading

A U.S. Senator from Iowa says many fairgoers at the 2025 Iowa State Fair have been expressing concerns about California’s Proposition 12 law. Republican Joni Ernst tells Brownfield California’s livestock confinement law has caused financial stress for U.S. producers. “There’s increased prices when they have to re-do their farm infrastructure,” she said. “Many of them…… Continue Reading

In this Pods for Profit, Michigan State University’s entomologist Chris Difonzo joins us to discuss efforts by the North Central Soybean Research Program to update guidance on soybean defoliation management for the first time since the 1980s. The post New Recommendations for Soybean Defoliation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     … Continue Reading