U.S. pork stocks grew in January. The USDA says the amount of pork in cold storage at the start of February was up 1% on the year at 410.404 million pounds, led by surges in butts and bone-in hams, ...

The USDA says more dairy products were in cold storage during January. Total natural cheese stocks totaled 1.38 billion pounds January 31st, compared to 1.37 billion pounds a year ago. American cheese ...

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza has been confirmed in Daviess County, Indiana for the first time since 2024. The Indiana State Board of Animal Health says the virus was detected in a commercial ...

Across the Corn Belt, cold, blustery weather prevails. Snow showers are occurring downwind of unfrozen sections of the Great Lakes. Monday morning’s low temperatures dipped below 0°F in parts of the ...

Many Midwestern corn farmers are probably wondering if southern rust will be a problem again this year. Iowa State University Extension field crops pathologist Alison Robertson says there were ...

A Wisconsin dairy farmer says the apparent profits from beef on dairy don’t make up for the shrinking milk checks from having too much milk. Mike Yager milks about 325 Holsteins near Mineral Point. He ...

Brownfield's Kellan Heavican interviews Congressman Mike Flood. (Photo by Taylor Gage.) Nebraska Congressman Mike Flood says lawmakers are feverishly working to find a compromise on nationwide, ...

The founder and CEO of POET says he’s disappointed that nationwide, year-round E15 continues to face roadblocks. “We have been working on that for literally over a decade,” Jeff Broin told Brownfield.

The chief commodities economist with StoneX Group says he’s recently become more optimistic about China buying more ag products from the United States. Arlan Suderman tells Brownfield President Xi ...

Pictured: Brownfield's Brent Barnett (right) with Vermeer president and CEO Jason Andringa at the Vermeer Corporation Headquarters in Pella, Iowa on February 23, 2026. The leader of a Pella, ...

John Hutcheson, Merck Animal Health (Photo from Brownfield's Meghan Grebner). The threat of New World screwworm continues to be a concern for U.S. cattle producers and the U.S. ag industry. In ...

“There’s a lot of pain right now in American agriculture financially, and they need a bridge.” Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn “GT” Thompson says the newly introduced Farm, Food, ...