The director of public policy for the Missouri Corn Growers Association says the state budget will be front-and-center in the Missouri State Legislative session. Darrick Steen says state lawmakers are ...

Brownfield's Kellan Heavican interviews Kraig Urkoski. A real estate agent says farmers could lower their expenses by reevaluating their lease agreements. Kraig Urkoski with AgWest Land Brokers says ...

Newly elected president Phillip Nelson addresses the media following the 2025 Illinois Farm Bureau meetings in Chicago. (Brownfield Photo) The president of the Illinois Farm Bureau says farmers across ...

A member of the U.S. Meat Export Federation’s executive committee says California’s Proposition 12 law was a focus at this week’s American Farm Bureau Federation Convention in Anaheim. Matt Schuiteman ...

Photo: Brownfield's Brent Barnett (left) interviews northwest Iowa farmer Nathan Anderson at the 2026 Practical Farmers of Iowa Conference. A northwest Iowa farmer says cover crops play a key role in ...

University of Illinois' Nick Paulsen at the 2025 FarmDoc Farm Assets Conference. (Brownfield Photo) A pair of economists at the University of Illinois say ad hoc payments to farmers are part of the ...

Cattle markets continue to navigate a lot of uncertainty. Tony Hancock, market manager for the Missouri Department of Agriculture says sale barns across the country are back to setting records.

The president of the Missouri Farm Bureau says there are several policy proposals from Missouri being considered by delegates at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Convention this week. Garrett ...

Adjustments to Missouri’s state income tax are being considered in the Missouri Legislature this session. Doyle Justus, the chairman of the Missouri House Ag Committee, tells Brownfield he’s not seen ...

A farm business management specialist encourages growers to begin marketing stored grain soon. Kristina McVicker with South Central College in southern Minnesota says start with the basics. “of ...

Photo provided by the National 4-H Council. The National 4-H Council’s Beyond Ready initiative is helping 4-H youth across the country prepare for their future careers. Taylor Thigpen, a member of the ...

A south-central Iowa farmer is encouraging more producers to adopt conservation practices to improve soil health and sustainability. “The public wants more wildlife, they want smaller farms, and they ...