A senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing says the latest supply and demand report from the USDA caught the market off guard. Bryan Doherty says farmers need to use more proactive grain ...

A real estate agent says farmland values are currently in a holding pattern. Kraig Urkoski is with AgWest Land Brokers in Nebraska… “Land values have gotten a little softer with the price of these ...

In the State of the State Address on Tuesday, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe said agriculture remains one of the strongest foundations of the state’s economy. “When agriculture is strong, Missouri is ...

Photo by Brownfield's Erin Anderson. Questions remain about the long-term effects of the proposed Waters of the United States rule. Brianna Schroeder with Janzen Schroeder Ag Law says the new WOTUS ...

An ag economist says there’s a renewed focus on improving farm labor efficiency in 2026. Michael Langemeier with Purdue University says most farms in the U.S. use about 10 to 20 percent of their ...

Newly elected president Phillip Nelson addresses the media following the 2025 Illinois Farm Bureau meetings in Chicago. (Brownfield Photo) The president of the Illinois Farm Bureau says farmers across ...

The director of public policy for the Missouri Corn Growers Association says the state budget will be front-and-center in the Missouri State Legislative session. Darrick Steen says state lawmakers are ...

A member of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s executive committee says California’s Proposition 12 law was a focus at this week’s American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Anaheim. Matt Schuiteman ...

A pair of ag experts say Brazil’s ongoing crop expansion could impact the value of U.S. soybeans in 2026. Joana Colussi, assistant professor at Purdue University, says the country is expected to ...

University of Illinois' Nick Paulsen at the 2025 FarmDoc Farm Assets Conference. (Brownfield Photo) A pair of economists at the University of Illinois say ad hoc payments to farmers are part of the ...

An ethanol group leader says USDA’s new corn crop projections emphasize the need for nationwide year-round E15. Geoff Cooper is President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association. He tells ...

The USDA says farmers produced a record 17.021 billion bushels of corn in 2025. That followed an increase in last year’s average yield figure, up a half a bushel to an all-time high 186.5 bushels per ...