December 16, 2024

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans are watching weather in South America, with planting reportedly wrapped up in Brazil. Harvest activity for very early planted soybeans is just getting underway in parts of northern Brazil, but more widespread harvest activity will not get going until next month. ABIOVE raised its guess for […] The post Corn manages modest Monday gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

How do you grow a Christmas tree? It’s a story farmers have started sharing with students this season. Real Christmas Tree Board Executive Director Marsha Gray tells Brownfield, “So many young people are so far removed from a farm they don’t live in a place where we grow Christmas trees or their school may not […] The post Christmas tree farms open for virtual visits appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Listen to the following as the Brownfield Ag News team recaps the top stories of 2024. PART ONE: PART TWO: PART THREE: The post 2024 Year in Review appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Brownfield Ag News is relaunching its popular Weekly Livestock Market Update on January 10, 2025. On Friday afternoons for nearly nine years, Brownfield Broadcast Supervisor Meghan Grebner has held an in-depth Facebook Live conversation with University of Missouri assistant extension professor Scott Brown. Dedicated viewers tune in to watch the program and subscribe to the […] The post Weekly Livestock Market Update to relaunch in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The chief atmospheric scientist with Conduit Ag says South American weather is not helping U.S. grain markets. Eric Snodgrass says key growing areas in Brazil and Argentina are benefiting from abundant moisture. “There’s drought, but it’s in the wrong places.”  He says, “Where there’s not drought is all the big states that we all know.  […] The post South American weather not helping markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

In its latest Supply and Demand report, the USDA has lowered its beef production estimate for 2025. The U.S. border remains closed to imports of feeder cattle from Mexico to prevent New World screwworm from entering the United States. Scott Brown says that largely impacted the USDA’s December numbers. “USDA told us for their 2025 […] The post USDA projects beef production to decline in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The co-founder of AgMarket.net says recent gains in the corn market may be short lived. Matt Bennett tells Brownfield, “Yeah, I’d be selling some corn right now quite frankly, incrementally.”  He says, “I’m not saying you go hog wild, but the low for December corn, we were 65-cents off the lows.  The processor knows corn […] The post Take advantage of market opportunities appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story