Month: October 2025

Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Support was tied to the optimism about tariff talks with China and the potential for trade aid. Still, those tariff discussions are a few weeks away and [Read More…]

Dec. corn $4.22, up 2 and 1/4 centsNov. soybeans $10.29 and 1/2, up 7 and 1/2 centsDec. soybean meal $278.00, up $1.10Dec. soybean oil 51.48, up 44 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.07 and 1/4, up 1/2 [Read More…]

A west central Minnesota farmer is looking for ways to improve margins for next year. Noah Hultgren grows corn, soybeans, sugarbeets, edible beans, and alfalfa near Raymond in Kandiyohi County. “We’re real tight with some [Read More…]

U.S. ethanol production surged last week as many operations wrapped up seasonal maintenance. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.071 million barrels per day, an increase of 76,000 on the week and 33,000 [Read More…]

Basis levels for corn and soybeans have improved some across the Midwest. Naomi Blohm with Total Farm Marketing tells Brownfield “Down at the Gulf of Mexico basis has been firming; October has an eight cent [Read More…]

AgriGold’s agronomy division manager says farmers should keep a close eye on corn moisture and field conditions to protect yields. John Brien says dry conditions across the Eastern Corn Belt are causing corn to dry [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were steady except for block cheese and butter Wednesday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey remained unchanged at $0.63.  No sales were recorded Wednesday, after Tuesday’s ten sales.  Forty-pound cheese blocks [Read More…]