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Всі темиAmerica Grows Act boosts USDA research funding
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) this month reintroduced the America Grows Act, a bipartisan bill that would require a 5% annual increase plus inflation each year for the next 10 years for research activities at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Both sena...
USDA 2027 Budget Threatens Soybean, Corn Seedbanks
Buried in the USDA's proposed FY2027 budget is a table listing four Agricultural Research Service locations marked for closure and relocation, including the Urbana, Illinois, site that houses two critical collections. USDA proposes relocations of the National Soybean Germplasm Co...
Growers: Oil Firms Blocking Year-Round E15
The National Corn Growers Association’s president Jed Bower accused several large energy firms of trying to derail a Farm Bill amendment that would allow Year-round E15 sales . Bower, an Ohio farmer and NCGA president, said the companies are posing as small refineries to secure ex...
Wheat Rallies on Weather; Corn and Soy Lag
Wheat futures have rallied as spring weather and deteriorating condition ratings push a weather premium into the market, according to Darin Newsom, senior market analyst at Barchart. Traders point to repeated warm-up and freeze cycles this season and worsening drought across the Plains as the imm...
Higher fuel, fertilizer costs strain Kansas farms
Kansas State University economist Gregg Ibendahl warns that rising oil prices are already pushing key farm input costs higher, and could add significant expense for grain operations this year. Ibendahl estimated that a move to $90 per barrel of oil would add more than $1 per gallon at the pump an...
Lawmakers and Ag Groups Push Farm-Bill Fix for Prop 12
A broad coalition of farmers, veterinarians and federal and state officials is pressing Congress to include language in the farm bill that would protect U.S. pork producers from California’s Proposition 12. Advocates say the measure has created a patchwork state laws problem and ...
Iowa Farmer Banks Fuel to Manage Rising Costs
Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says locking in fuel early spared his operation from recent price spikes. He told Brownfield he booked all spring fuel and arranged booked half fall fuel in January, a decision he called "one of the best moves I’ve ever done."...
Hawaii Farmers Face $31M After Kona Low Flooding
Relentless Kona Low storms this spring dumped enormous rainfall across Hawaii, leaving the state's agricultural sector badly damaged and fields saturated. Some locations recorded more than 30 inches of rain during the March event, and University of Hawaii observers logged localized totals up to 6...
Sale barns: Hubs of rural community
Sale barns remain central gathering places for U.S. livestock producers, and a University of Nebraska–Lincoln study found they deliver social value beyond animal sales. Researchers observed that 63% formed friendships at auctions, and attendees describe sale barns as places to co...
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Farm group optimistic on U.S.-India deal, wary on dairy
Farmers for Free Trade executive director Brian Kuehl says he is optimistic the United States can reach a trade deal with India after a delegation spent this week in the United States negotiating. Kuehl told Brownfield the talks are underway but that the negotiating text has not been made public,... -
DOJ widens antitrust probes across U.S. agriculture
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division has stepped up investigations across agriculture, with a heavy focus on meatpacking and other concentrated input markets. Investigators are examining how fed cattle supplies are gathered and routed through the industry, and whether major packers... -
Profit potential at $5 corn, $11.50 soybeans
U.S. new-crop futures are giving many growers a genuine pricing opportunity for 2026 production. November soybean futures near $11.50 soybeans and December corn futures around $5 corn are levels that will meet or exceed production costs for large swaths of the Co...