A hog farmer from western Missouri says herd health now determines whether producers stay in business. “If our hogs get a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus or Porcine epidemic ...

Missouri’s Attorney General Catherine Hanaway says federal pesticide warning labels should be enough for state law as lawmakers and the U.S. Supreme Court weigh disputes tied to glyphosate. “Look, if ...

An ag policy leader with Ohio Farm Bureau says he’s optimistic the latest version of the farm bill will pass this year. Brad Bales is the senior director of state and national policy. “We need to have ...

Soybeans were narrowly mixed. Beans were up early, following bean oil, but ran into overhead resistance. Soybean oil saw another round of support from demand expectations, largely ignoring the supply ...

Cash dairy prices were steady to higher on Tuesday except for powder at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. After a long period of unchanged prices, dry whey was up $0.02 at $0.74. No sales were recorded ...

December was a big month for U.S. ethanol exports, capping off a very strong year. The Renewable Fuels Association says the December ethanol export total of 220.3 million gallons was up 4% from ...

“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, ...

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 ...

Iowa’s state climatologist says weather outlooks through the first week of March are favorable for farmers across the Midwest. Justin Glisan tells Brownfield, “For much of the Upper Midwest and ag ...

The CEO of the United Soybean Board has resigned from his leadership role effective immediately. Lucas Lentsch has been with the checkoff for two years prior to leaving his post. Darryl Chatman, ...

Most dairy producers in Wisconsin have not yet signed up for the Dairy Margin Coverage program. Katie Detra at Wisconsin FSA tells Brownfield that as of today, February 17 th, only 1,616 producers ...

The chief economist with the National Corn Growers Association says the industry continues to await further guidance on nationwide, year-round, E-15 from the Congressional Rural Domestic Energy ...