Feb. Class III milk closed at $15.45, up 11 cents ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A livestock economist says heavier cattle weights continue to offset tighter cattle supplies. Kenny Burdine with the University of Kentucky says live cattle weights for 2025 were up 33 pounds from the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Another highly pathogenic avian influenza case involving game birds has been confirmed in northern Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the impacted site is a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brownfield's Meghan Grebner interviews NCBA president Buck Wehrbein at the Missouri Cattlemen's Annual Meeting. The president of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says Tyson’s Lexington, ...