Missouri pastures remain best in the country

The market news manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says the state’s pasture conditions are some of the best in the country. “We just continue to have an amazing year.” Tony Hancock says conditions have been rated above 90 percent good-to-excellent for several weeks.  “Some of the producers that I’ve talked to around they…… Continue Reading

Bacon eyes more trade help in skinny farm bill

A member of the House Ag Committee says additional investments for trade programs should be included in the skinny farm bill. Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska says the One Big Beautiful Bill was a good start, but there’s still plenty of work to do. “We need to have trade promotion money in there. We went…… Continue Reading

U.S. corn going to many places, but not China

USDA says U.S. corn exports have continued at a blistering pace, yet China is not major buyer. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield U.S. corn is going to many different countries. “China hasn’t been a buyer, but Mexico, Vietnam, a lot of countries. The USDA will publish, and you can kind of go…… Continue Reading

Potential farmland market instability

An ag real estate specialist says there’s a tremendous amount of uncertainty that could impact farmland values. Paul Schadegg with Farmers National Company tells Brownfield on and off again tariffs, ag policy questions, and global unrest all could factor into ag land prices in the months ahead.  And he says it’s happening at a time…… Continue Reading

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