Carah Hart 🎙️

Ag journalist.🎙️ Alan Jackson fan. Lobster to Nicholas.🦞 Corgi life. 🐶 #Mizzou alum. All tweets are my own.

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

The Federal Trade Commission is launching an investigation into possible anti-competitive behavior in the U.S. fertilizer industry.

Bradley Schad with @MissouriCorn tells @brownfield unfair practices have caused farmers to pay higher fertilizer prices.

https://t.co/vx5JPGUPtj

[Mary Kennedy @MaryCKenn]

All wheat planted area for 2026 is estimated at 43.8 million acres, down 3 percent from 2025. If realized, this represents the lowest all wheat planted area since records began in 1919.

Spring wheat down 6%. Durum down 11%.

To be continued.....

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

USDA is expecting fewer rice acres in the U.S. this year, including a sharp decline in Arkansas, the nation’s top #rice producing state.

“Low prices are doing their job of curing low prices," says Jamie Wilkerson, RCM Ag Services. #ag @brownfield

https://t.co/OSiqx49neq

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

The #USDA says there will be an increase in cotton plantings this spring, higher than some were expecting.

Jody Campiche with @NCottonCouncil tells @brownfield a boost in #cotton prices likely helped.

https://t.co/jp1YHqLFc1

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

USDA says Farmer Bridge Assistance sign-up is strong, with $8B already paid out.

But the aid only covers about 30% of farmer losses — and more help from Congress could be on the way.

More from Under Secretary Fordyce on @Brownfield in Inside D.C. ⬇️

https://t.co/w3nWJEvMzt

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

Farmer participation in USDA’s Prospective Plantings survey dropped to 37.6% this year—down from 44.3% in 2025.

MU's FAPRI director Seth Meyer says rebuilding trust between farmers and USDA is critical to ensure accurate, unbiased ag data. @brownfield #USDA #ag

[farmdoc daily @farmdocDaily]

In this week's Inside D.C. on @brownfield, @ScottIrwinUI joins @CarahHart for a look at #ethanol policy — from year-round, nationwide E15 to the Renewable Fuel Standard and the 45Z tax credit.

Check it out here: https://t.co/uohxQHE6ao

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

USDA’s Farm Service Agency is resuming core operations starting tomorrow, amid the gov’t shutdown.

More details and some comments from SD Congressman Dusty Johnson in the @brownfield story. ⬇️

https://t.co/DdYfaAJCEh

[Josh Linville @JLinvilleFert]

Price changes since the same time of year 2023:

Corn - 16% lower
Urea - 5% higher
UAN - 25% higher
NH3 - 3% higher
DAP - 44% higher
MAP - 17% higher
Potash - 3% higher

One of these things is not like the other one.

[Carah Hart 🎙️ @CarahHart]

Grandaddy has gone, but the old soybean tickets remain. I just couldn’t part with these yet and will take the time to look thru them this harvest.

What are the old treasures that you just had to hold onto when you lost a loved one who farmed?

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

A farm business management instructor says ad-hoc assistance from the federal government would be the difference between a farm being able to continue in 2026 or liquidate. @brownfield

https://t.co/T4b5RogAsd

[NWS Kansas City @NWSKansasCity]

This evening, storms are forecast to move into NW MO. These storms have the potential to be severe with damaging winds and large hail the main threat. Storms are then expected to move through the area tonight. Storms across eastern KS and western MO may be strong with gusty winds

[Brent Barnett🎙 @BRNAgNews_Brent]

The executive director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (@IATP) says the Trump administration’s use of tariffs has taken a toll on U.S. farmers and ranchers.

Story on @brownfield https://t.co/z6xslfPk5O #agnews

[Karen Braun @kannbwx]

Finished in South Dakota for the day.
✔️10 stops (2nd five shown below).

Average corn yield= 185.3 bu/acre, +22% from these same 10 stops last year (152.4)

Average # of soybean pods in 3x3' plot = 1331, +7% from last year (1249)

Things look good, plenty of moisture. #pftour25

[Karen Braun @kannbwx]

5 stops down in southeast South Dakota on #pftour25. Corn yield +33% YOY, pod counts +7% YOY.

Corn yield average = 198 bu/acre (was 149 this exact route thru 5 stops last year)

Soybean pods in a 3x3 foot plot average = 1305 (was 1225 thru 5 last year)

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

Combined, the Sale of Champions and Best of Missouri Sale raised more than $332,000 for Youth in Agriculture today at the #MOStateFair.

[Carah Hart 🎙️ @CarahHart]

@BryanBiegs I was impressed. That basket weave is challenging for any cake decorator. So many great projects at the fair this year! Do your kiddos have anything going to MN State Fair?

[Carah Hart 🎙️ @CarahHart]

A wonderful #MoStateFair this year.

[NWS Kansas City @NWSKansasCity]

Rounds of storms are expected to continue on Sunday. Multiple instances of flash flooding are likely, especially if torrential downpours occur in urban or poor-drainage areas susceptible to runoff. Isolated severe weather is also possible, but is a lower threat versus flooding.

[Carah Hart @BRNAgNews_Carah]

Exploring the land of rice, cotton and irrigated soybeans this afternoon. 📸

How are the crops looking where you’re at? @brownfield