The marketing manager for WestBred says the 2025 winter wheat crop exceeded expectations in some areas of the Great Plains. Carrie Roach tells Brownfield, “The highest yield was 238 bushels per acre.

U.S. ethanol exports remained strong in 2025. American Coalition for Ethanol CEO Brian Jennings says that’s one of the highlights looking back on the year. “Export markets have continued to be a ...

Pictured: Brownfield's Erin Anderson interviews Brad Gibson during Trade Talk at the 2025 NAFB Convention. (Photo by NAFB) A pair of Bayer agronomists say southern rust was the number one yield ...

Iowa’s Ag Secretary says a recent trade mission to Southeast Asia helped strengthen relationships with export partners. On this episode of Managing for Profit, Mike Naig says Vietnam and Indonesia ...

Photo: AgMarket.Net's Jim McCormick at the 2025 NAFB Convention in Kansas City. (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An ag economist says updates to federal biofuels policies could have a big impact on ...

Researchers at Purdue University are trying to help identify corn hybrids that are more tolerant to drought conditions. Mike Mickelbart, professor of botany and horticulture, says the project is ...

The CEO of the Kansas Livestock Association says providing producers with flexible CRP rules could improve grazing opportunities. Matt Teagarden says that includes perimeter and cross-fencing options.

Iowa’s Ag Secretary says a recent trade mission to Southeast Asia helped strengthen relationships with export partners. Mike Naig tells Brownfield Vietnam and Indonesia represent significant ...

A farmer in southeast South Dakota says winter weather has ended fall fieldwork. “We’ve got the fertilizer down. We just don’t have the ground worked yet.” Travis Mockler tells Brownfield “I’ve been ...

The domestic ethanol supply fell to a multi-week low. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says stocks of 21.968 million barrels were the tightest since mid-October, down 339,000 on the week and ...

This year’s trade dispute between the U.S. and China disrupted business for a regional grain merchandiser. CEO Kurt Haarmann says Columbia Grain International processes, handles, and exports ...

A regional sales and service manager with RCIS says farmers need to be aware of several beneficial changes to crop insurance in 2026. Stefanie Wolfe, who serves the company’s Great Lakes territory, ...