Month: October 2025

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, ahead of widespread direct business.  December live cattle closed $2.22 higher at $244.75 and February live cattle closed $1.80 higher at $247.20.  November feeder [Read More…]

A central Wisconsin farmer is pleased with the 2025 crops.  T.J. Draeger operates a dairy farm near Marathon City, Wisconsin.  Brownfield caught up with Draeger while he was chopping snaplage or earlage. “I’m in some [Read More…]

A southeast Iowa livestock producer says economic conditions have been favorable for his turkey operation. Tim Meyer says this follows what he calls a volatile 2024. “Turkeys are relatively healthy right now and that market [Read More…]

A group representing farmers, processors, and other businesses is pushing for reforms to allow reliable and highly skilled workers to stay on the job in the U.S. James O’Neil is the Director of Legislative Affairs [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Beans continue to wait for end-of-the-month tariff talks between the U.S. and China. The renewed optimism followed social media activity by President Trump over the [Read More…]

A south-central Nebraska farmer says harvest pace should pick up steam this week. Randy Uhrmacher says he’s been about a week behind schedule. “We’ve had some rain delays, which is kind of unusual compared to [Read More…]

Harvest is progressing in southwest Minnesota. Riley Sandmeyer is an agronomist with New Vision Cooperative, based in Brewster. “Pretty much all of the beans are taken out. Some growers are still going on corn, working [Read More…]

A farmer in central Missouri says he’s optimistic an investment in grain bagging equipment will pay off as he stores corn and soybeans this fall. “Right or wrong: this year I wasn’t going to give [Read More…]

The chief commodities economist with StoneX Group says U.S. agriculture continues to get caught in the crossfires of a national security dispute between two geopolitical powers. Arlan Suderman tells Brownfield “I’ve been warning for years [Read More…]

Weeds were tough to manage this season in west-central Minnesota. Swift County farmer Harmon Wilts says they prioritized in-season nitrogen when conditions were finally dry enough to get back in the field after planting. “Everybody [Read More…]