The U.S. cattle herd continued to contract over the past year. The USDA says the domestic cattle inventory on January 1 st, 2026, was 86.155 million head, a little bit below January 1 st, 2025. Only a ...

Ag company ADM has agreed to pay a $40 million civil penalty to settle a federal accounting and disclosure fraud case brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC’s complaint ...

Pork producers in the southeastern U.S. are bracing for another winter storm. Roy Lee Lindsey is CEO of the North Carolina Pork Council and executive director of the Virginia Pork Council. He tells ...

Photo by Brownfield's Nicole Heslip. A market expert says Winter Storm Fern has caused dairies to dump milk in some regions of the South. Mike North with Ever.ag tells Brownfield key production areas ...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed the first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza of the year. The state says the backyard flock in Ottawa County comes ...

A certified real estate appraiser says farmland values are showing wide variations in northern Illinois. Deanne Phelps covers Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, and Ogle counties for Compeer ...

Self propelled spreader applying fertilizer to a field before tilling with farm scene in the distance The chief economist for The Fertilizer Institute says she expects to see more product innovation ...

The president of Missouri Farm Bureau says he’s disappointed there have been some delays from Congress on more farmer assistance, but “I’m not giving up hope by any means.” Garrett Hawkins tells ...

Global buyers showed strong demand for U.S. pork last week. The USDA says Mexico bought more than half of the weekly total for pork export sales during the week ending January 22 nd, followed by China ...

Wisconsin’s ag board will discuss the latest attempt to set Wisconsin’s animal inspection fees Thursday. Ag Secretary Randy Romanski tells Brownfield farmers and industry stakeholders strongly opposed ...

U.S. ethanol production saw some weather impact last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says ethanol production averaged 1.114 million barrels day, down 5,000 on the week as bitterly ...

The U.S. Capitol Building, March 2025. (Photo by Brownfield's Erin Anderson) The Ag Council of Arkansas has sent a letter to its state delegation and the Trump administration, asking lawmakers to ...