Month: December 2025

Farm Family Coach Elaine Froese says celebrating small wins, sharing tough moments and practicing gratitude are good practices for any farm business. Hear more in the latest Managing for Profit. The post Finding joy in [Read More…]

Wisconsin’s Ag Secretary says 2025 was another good year for the state’s foreign trade, including trade with China, although sales were down.  Randy Romanski says China is a top three market for Wisconsin. “It has [Read More…]

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were lower, feeders were mostly lower watching direct business. February live cattle closed $1.45 lower at $228.55 and April live cattle closed $1.30 lower at $228.72.  January feeder [Read More…]

Soybeans ended the day higher on technical buying with the January contract up 11 and 1/4 cents to $10.62 and 3/4. Soybean exports have improved and that’s likely helping the market find some support. Higher [Read More…]

Mar. corn $4.51, up 3 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans $10.63 and 1/4, up 11 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal $304.70, up $3.60Jan soybean oil 49.03, up 73 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.21 and 3/4, up 4 [Read More…]

The Executive Director of the Christmas Spirit Foundation says the Trees for Troops program is on pace for a record-setting season. Rick Dungey tells Brownfield Christmas tree farms from 28 states are participating this year. [Read More…]

Commentary I don’t know about you, but every year, Christmas sneaks up on me. Suddenly, it’s the middle of December, and I’m scrambling to get Christmas cards together. You’d think by now I would have [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mostly higher Wednesday heading into the Christmas holiday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey was up $0.01 at $0.7250.  No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0025 at $1.3350.  Eight sales were recorded, ranging from $1.3250 to $1.3350.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.40.  No sales were recorded.  Butter prices were up $0.0025 at $1.4025. Two sales were recorded at $.40 and $1.4025.  Nonfat [Read More…]

The president of Minnesota Farmers Union says while the Farmer Bridge Assistance Program is welcome, ag producers don’t want to rely on ad hoc payments from the government. “It’s unfortunate. The farmers want their money [Read More…]