From Boots to Bots: Farm Progress Show Spotlights the Future of Ag

This year’s Farm Progress Show in Decatur, Illinois, was all about the future—autonomy, efficiency, and sustainability were on full display. Walking the show grounds, it was impossible to miss the technology reshaping agriculture right before our eyes. One of the head-turners at the show was J&M’s new 14 Series grain carts. These massive carts can…Continue Reading

Record year for Half Century of Progress

A co-organizer of the biennial “Half Century of Progress” vintage farm machinery show says 2025 was a record year. Russell Buhr says the volunteer-run event, hosted in Rantoul, Illinois, the weekend before the Farm Progress Show, has consistently grown since it began in 2003. “There was about 4,000 pieces of equipment that was there wanting…Continue Reading

China’s holdout on US new crop beans continues

An ag economist says he’s very concerned about China’s lack of new crop soybean purchases. “At this point, China has yet to buy one bean for this upcoming marketing year,” said Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net. McCormick says early September is the timeframe when U.S. soybean sales typically pick up steam to China. “As this window…Continue Reading

Southern rust impacting southeast Iowa corn crop

A southeast Iowa farmer says a wetter-than-expected summer impacted the quality of his corn crop. “In July we had, depending on who you talk to, between 12-16 inches (of rain) in this area,” said Tom Adam of Harper. Adam says disease pressure has been strong. “The crops have done pretty well with (the rain), but…Continue Reading

Mexican sugar suspensions maintained

The U.S. International Trade Commission has unanimously voted to keep suspension agreements on imported sugar from Mexico. Rob Johansson with the American Sugar Alliance says the agreements were put into place in 2014 after subsidized Mexican sugar cost U.S. producers $4 billion and many sugar workers their jobs. The Commission says lifting the current suspensions…Continue Reading

Know Your Look-Alikes

Soybean Death Syndrome has some look-alikes. In this Pods for Profit episode, from Michigan State University’s plant pathologist joins us to explain the difference and what kind of impact they can have on yield. The post Know Your Look-Alikes appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

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