Corn, sorghum, and soybean export sales all roared to marketing year highs during the week ending January 15^th.

An ag economist says the cattle industry continues to look for any signs of herd expansion.  Charley Martinez with the University of Tennessee says, “We want to know the percentage of heifers being held back, that’s really what everyone is wanting to know.”

The Deputy Secretary of USDA says the Trump administration continues to address consolidation in the ag industry.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal from global agrochemical manufacturer Bayer to block thousands of state lawsuits alleging it failed to warn people that its popular weedkiller Roundup could cause cancer.The justices will consider whether the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of...

An atmospheric scientist says a wide range of commodities are at risk from the most recent winter storm. Matt Makens tells Brownfield Ag News that arctic air and a system in the Pacific converged.

There is a new number one on the list of the nation's leading landowners in the United States. If you don't recognize the name, Stan Kroenke, you are probably at least familiar with some of the sports teams he owns: the NBA's Denver Nuggets, the NFL's Los Angeles Rams, and the NHL's Colorado...

Reuters' Ana Mano and Peter Hobson reported recently that "Brazil surpassed the U.S. as the world's top beef producer last year, according to market estimates, after the South American country beat output forecasts by hundreds of thousands of tons, easing a global supply squeeze and helping limit a...

The National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) recently released its economic outlook for 2026 outlining six key forces expected to drive corn prices and farm margins in the year ahead. The forecast underscores the need for new and expanded markets for corn growers.

Mexico has confirmed eight new cases of New World screwworm (NWS) in Tamaulipas, which borders Texas. Josh Maples, an ag economist with Mississippi State University Extension says continued detections create additional questions in the cattle industry. “If and when the border is going to reopen, I...

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins says the Trump administration continues to address labor challenges that are facing America’s farmers and ranchers.

January 2016 marked the launch of the industry's first What's Cropping Up newsletter. The idea was to speak directly to policymakers and the media to educate them on the basics of crop insurance.Those early newsletters introduced concepts like "the risk pool," "moral hazard," "actual production...

Kansas is suffering from the worst outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the country, with nearly 414,000 birds affected, according to the USDA. 

The USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services have rolled out the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA).

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says continued record cheese exports and strong butterfat shipments boosted overall exports in October, the most recent reporting month.

The head of the U.S. Meat Export Federation says global demand for U.S. beef remains strong. Dan Halstrom told Brownfield Ag News that’s a good thing for producers. “Because if you can maximize the cutout, that should put more liquidity in the supply chain,” he says, “to incentivize producers to...