Month: August 2026

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed on spread trade, and feeder cattle were higher on tight supplies.  October live cattle closed $.35 higher at $225.27 and December live cattle closed $.22 lower [Read More…]

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling, adding slightly to the week’s losses. Near-term weather forecasts continue to generally look favorable in much of the region. China bought 238,000 tons of new crop [Read More…]

Sep. corn $4.39, unchangedSep. soybeans $11.59, down 1 centSep. soybean meal $308.90, down $2.70Sep. soybean oil 68.24, up 50 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.39 and 3/4, up 8 and 1/2 centsOct. live cattle $225.27, up 35 [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed to end the week Friday at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.     Dry whey was unchanged at $0.6950. No sales were reported.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.02 to $1.555-. Four sales were reported ranging from $1.5350 to $1.5550.  Cheese barrels were unchanged at $1.5475. No sales were reported.  Butter was down $0.0375 to $1.5125. Twelve sales were reported ranging from $1.5125 to $1.55.  Nonfat dry [Read More…]

A farm equipment specialist says an abundant supply is softening the price of used combines. Jeff Madsen is the remarketing manager for CLAAS of America and tells Brownfield there’s a large inventory available. “Coming off [Read More…]

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Ag Committee says he’ll bring the farm bill back up for another vote after lawmakers return from the August recess. “We’ll see if we can just push this thing [Read More…]

Farmland sales are heating up across Iowa this summer. Base Camp Country Real Estate land specialist Randy Thompson says the market is gaining strength with a recent sale in northeast Iowa’s Grundy County eclipsing $18,000 [Read More…]

Brownfield’s Kellan Heavican covers the UNL Soybean Management Field Day. The post UNL Soybean Management Field Day appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

The potential for continued profitability in the cattle sector. Ag Economist Wesley Tucker with University of Missouri Extension says the cattle sector is in an unusually strong position, because cattle supplies remain tight. Hear more [Read More…]