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Brownfield’s Brent Barnett will be an Iowa Pork Celebrity Chef at 2026 Iowa State Fair The post Iowa Pork Celebrity Chef at 2026 Iowa State Fair appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

Brownfield’s Mark Dorenkamp covers the ACE Ethanol Conference. The post ACE Ethanol Conference appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The president of the Illinois Wheat Association says it’s been another bumper crop for most of the state’s growers. Tracey Heuerman, who farms in Effingahm County, says the majority of the state’s winter wheat harvest is complete. “Overall, yields have been great.”  She says, “Some of the better yields that growers have seen over the […] The post Illinois wheat growers report big yields, good quality as harvest nears completion […]

A farm management analyst suggests there were some positives in Friday’s USDA supply and demand report. Kent Thiesse says the latest forecast did raise corn and soybean production. “But the good news is they aren’t going up. And I think what’s encouraging out there is certainly the usage numbers have improved.” USDA increased old crop […] The post Strong usage numbers offer encouragement despite bigger crops appeared first on Brownfield […]

Trade experts say tariffs are likely to remain a key part of U.S. trade policy despite the Supreme Court striking down the administration’s use of emergency powers to impose them. Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and trustee chair in Chinese Business and Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the administration has been […] The post Trade analysts outline administration’s tariff strategy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.

The National FFA Organization has announced the top 16 finalists for its highest agricultural achievement, the American Star Awards. The American Star Farmer, American Star in Agribusiness, American Star in Agricultural Placement, and American Star in Agriscience represent the best among this year’s American Degree recipients. Each award recognizes FFA members who have developed outstanding skills and competencies throughout their Supervised Agricultural Experiences. A panel of judges will interview the finalists this fall and select one winner from each award category, which will be announced at the 99th annual National FFA Convention & Expo in Indianapolis this fall. The finalists are: American Star Farmer Bailee Amstutz from the North […] The post National FFA Organization announces 2026 top Star Award finalists appeared first on […]

The CME Group will launch two new futures contracts to help manage risk across the cattle supply chain.   John Ricci, Managing Director and Global Head of Agricultural Products with the CME Group, says the new contracts will bridge the gap between live cattle prices and the ground beef that’s sold. “Think of the beef trim contracts effectively as a burger contract, right,” he says.  “What we […] The post New CME Group beef trim futures contracts provide risk management tools for […]

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, ending the week in positive territory. The USDA did raise U.S. production following the June acreage update, but old crop stocks were down and new crop was steady, despite that bigger crop guess. The USDA did increase export expectations for both the 2025/26 and 2026/27 marketing years, […] The post Wheat sees big gains on smaller U.S. crop estimate appeared first on […]

The market manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says there was a lot of hay made before this latest round of precipitation.   Tony Hancock says producers took advantage of the dry weather right before Independence Day. “I would doubt there was a piece of operational hay equipment in the state anywhere that wasn’t being used because everywhere you drove, and everybody […] The post Strong hay yields reported across Missouri despite delayed harvest season appeared first […]