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Mar. corn closed at $4.43 and 1/2, down 4 and 3/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.95 and 3/4, up 1/4 centJan. soybean meal closed at $289.50, down $1.60Jan. soybean oil closed at 42.67, up 23 [Read More…]

The CEO of Growth Energy says a nationwide E15 standard is one of her biggest priorities in 2025. Emily Skor tells Brownfield she’s optimistic President-elect Donald Trump will move quickly on a federal E15 solution. [Read More…]

Cash dairy prices were mixed Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.  Dry whey prices were up $0.0175 at $0.7675. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were up $0.0375 at $1.7875.  Six sales were recorded, [Read More…]

The CEO of the U.S. Soybean Export Council (USSEC) says the 2023-2024 marketing year was a record for soybean meal exports. Jim Sutter says export volumes were up 10% on the year and 17% over [Read More…]

Congress continues to discuss ways to provide supplemental financial assistance to farmers. U.S. Congressman and House Ag Committee member Brad Finstad, who farms in Minnesota, tells Brownfield producers are having to make difficult decisions for [Read More…]

A new Federal Order was issued Friday by USDA requiring that raw (unpasteurized) milk samples nationwide be collected and shared with USDA for testing.  As part of a five-stage program, USDA will immediately begin nationwide [Read More…]

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Soybeans were mixed, mostly modestly lower, while still closing firm for the week in the most active months. Beans consolidated Friday with some influence during the session from both soybean meal and soybean oil. The [Read More…]

The head lobbyist for Syngenta says President-elect Trump’s nomination of Brooke Rollins for Secretary of Agriculture could be good for the industry. Mary Kay Thatcher tells Brownfield, “I think that she’s got some good background.”  [Read More…]

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in a flock of commercial layer chickens in Sioux County, Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says it’s the state’s first confirmed case of H5N1 [Read More…]

An eleven-year-old from Alexandra, Indiana has partnered with the Indiana Beef Cattle Association to give back to the organization that helped save her life. Riley Hospital for Children is the state’s largest pediatric care provider and [Read More…]

A pair of northern Illinois seed representatives say many farmers saw record yields in 2024. Jake Anderson covers the northern third of the state as a sales agronomist for Stine Seeds. “We had some of [Read More…]

Cindy Feldman, marketing director with the Iowa-Nebraska Equipment Dealers Association speaks with Brownfield’s Brandon Peoples about the upcoming Nebraska Ag Expo, taking place Dec 10-12 in Lincoln, Nebraska. AUDIO: Nebraska Ag Expo preview I’m speaking [Read More…]

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is engaged as Congress prepares to write a new tax bill in 2025.  NCBA president-elect Buck Wehrbein says there are several provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that [Read More…]

The Great Lakes Ag Labor Services says mandated H-2A guest worker wages contradict other Department of Labor programs. Sarah Black tells Brownfield a Michigan farm using the H-2A program participated in a prevailing wage survey [Read More…]

A pair of southern Illinois farmers say they’re satisfied with the 2024 growing season. Jeff Scates, who farms in Gallatin County, and serves as chair of the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, tells Brownfield, “This was [Read More…]

There are many nitrogen stabilizer options available to growers. On this episode of the Nitrogen Corner, an agronomy expert with Koch Agronomic Services talks about some key features growers should be looking for as they [Read More…]

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions across the Deep South from southern New Mexico to the lower Mississippi Valley.  Meanwhile, [Read More…]

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Beans saw some additional direction from bean oil, which was up on solid global demand expectations. Soybean meal was down on product spread trade and profit taking. [Read More…]

Congressman Derrick Van Orden with a copy of the House Farm Bill package passed in May A Wisconsin member of the House Agriculture Committee expects some farm-related legislation in the lame duck session of Congress, [Read More…]