The director of the International Food Policy Research Institute says a new artificial intelligence platform is helping track global food insecurity. Johan Swinnen says the HungerMapLIVE signals the ...

A central Iowa farmer says wet conditions have kept him out of the field since late March. Corey Hillebo grows corn and soybeans near Polk City. “We had a little window to put spring anhydrous and ...

An agricultural economist with Advance Trading says the corn and soybean markets have fallen off their highs of early spring. Brian Basting says many farmers took advantage of the rally touched off by ...

The 2026-27 Missouri State FFA Secretary says she’s looking forward to the year ahead. Madeline O’Brien from the Troy FFA tells Brownfield “Coming from the northeast district, I know a lot of those ...

USDA’s Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agriculture Affairs says new trade strategies are helping expand market access for America’s farmers and ranchers. Luke Lindbergsays increasing ag exports ...

A central Kansas farmer says there is extreme variability for the winter wheat crop. Paul Penner says an earlier planted crop is looking good, but, “We are very dry right now. That maybe problematic ...

The chairman of Missouri’s Senate Ag Committee says Governor Kehoe’s plan to eliminate the state’s individual income tax is getting a lot of questions in the ag sector. Jason Bean tells Brownfield ...

The USDA is reporting another solid week for corn, sorghum, and wheat export inspections. Corn and wheat inspections during the week ending April 9 th were below a year ago but topped what’s needed to ...

An agricultural economist says more farmers are borrowing money to keep operating. Jacqui Fatka with CoBank tells Brownfield most farmers built up some working capital in 2022, but most of that is now ...

A farmer in north-central Missouri says he’s waiting on fields to dry before planting. Kyle Durham tells Brownfield the farm has received up to two inches of rain in the past 10 days. “We did get the ...

Landscape with wheel tracks on a muddy field in autumn in cloudy weather in off-road terrain A west central Ohio farmer says recent wet weather has delayed the start of spring fieldwork. Patty Mann ...

Cash dairy prices were all higher Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.7050. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0250 at $1.5875. Three ...