Month: September 2025

A commodity marketing advisor says Friday’s USDA Supply and Demand report had some unexpected corn numbers. John Heinberg with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield Friday’s USDA Supply and Demand Report is expecting another 1.5 million [Read More…]

Many soybean growers expect profits to be hard to come by next year. University of Minnesota Extension agronomist Seth Naeve encourages a risk-averse approach. “We give a lot of talks with P values and all [Read More…]

Dec. corn $4.30, up 10 and 1/4 centsNov. soybeans $10.46 and 1/4, up 12 and 3/4 centsOct. soybean meal $287.60, up $1.50Oct. soybean oil 51.67, up 59 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.23 and 1/2, up 2 [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower, pressured by cash and wholesale business.  October live cattle closed $2.30 lower at $229.97 and December live cattle closed $2.20 lower at $231.92.  October [Read More…]

The Michigan Farmers Market Association is urging lawmakers to modernize the state’s Cottage Food Law before the issue potentially carries into a fifth legislative session. Executive Director Amanda Shreve tells Brownfield the retail market has [Read More…]

An Iowa farmer says being diversified is helping during the downturn in the ag economy. Logan Lyon farms in the southeast part of the state. “Here outside of Bluegrass we are really diverse, further than [Read More…]

The USDA’s cotton and rice production guesses are up on the month, while remaining below a year ago. Upland cotton was a little bit larger than the August report at 12.915 million bales following upward [Read More…]

A Minnesota specialty crop producer is urging Congress to reauthorize USDA’s Local Food Purchase Assistance Program. Dan Zimmerli, a vegetable grower from Waseca County, says the previous administration launched the program through the Commodity Credit [Read More…]

The president of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board says it’s important to maintain strong trading relationships as U.S. beef prices continue to push higher. Ryan Moorhouse says South Korea has been a crucial market. “Beef exports [Read More…]

As many as 1200 head of Midwestern cattle per day can be processed by the nation’s newest meat packing facility. David Jagodzinske, president and CEO of American Foods Group, says the America’s Heartland Packing plant, [Read More…]