Many cattle producers are feeling the pain from the sudden rise in fertilizer prices. Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says larger producers likely purchased many of their inputs late ...

A northeast Nebraska farmer says many growers are facing unprecedented financial uncertainty this spring. “We’re all in this panic and pressure mode.” Anne Meis says she’s increasingly worried about ...

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up waiting for the distribution of Showlists. April live cattle closed $1.05 higher at $239.55 and June live cattle closed $1.42 higher ...

Custom farming is increasingly common in Iowa. Iowa State University Extension program specialist Ann Johanns says their latest custom rates survey shows a nearly nine percent increase in preharvest ...

A northeast Indiana farmer says he’s concerned that on-going drought may impact the start of this year’s growing season. Don Wyss says it’s a toss-up when the region will see the most beneficial ...

The blizzard that moved through Wisconsin Sunday and Monday dumped enough wet, heavy snow to collapse a farm building. Anthony Knorn with Junion Homestead Farm near Casco, Wisconsin, tells Brownfield ...

The Nebraska Department of Agriculture says more than 300,000 acres have burned after an outbreak of wildfires. According to the Fire Information for Resource Management System from NASA and the U.S.

File photo: Eastern Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge scouts his corn fields with Brownfield in July of 2024 (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An eastern Iowa farmer says fertilizer prices have been ...

Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski, a Democratic member of the House Ag Committee, says there were several reasons she voted against the Farm Bill 2.0 proposal that recently passed out of ...

Myron Stine with Stine Seeds at the 2026 Commodity Classic (Brownfield Photo) Leaders with Syngenta and Stine Seed told Brownfield at the 2026 Commodity Classic that the newly announced Enlist E3 ...

Planting soybeans early can complicate weed management. Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Jeff Bode says there’s a vast amount of weed species growers contend with at the start of the ...

An economist with the Fertilizer Institute says half of global sulfur exports need to move through the Strait of Hormuz and its closure could have long-term impacts on the fertilizer industry.