February 4, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were sharply lower with another round of pressure from the slow resumption of cattle imports from Mexico and overbought signals. The higher move in corn was also bearish for feeders. April live was down $1.50 at $198.65 and June was $1.25 lower at $193.22. March feeders were $2.25 […] The post Cattle futures fall further, hogs finish higher appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mar. corn closed at $4.94 and 1/2, up 5 and 3/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.75, up 16 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $314.00, up $10.30Mar. soybean oil closed at 45.76, down 75 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.77, up 10 and 1/4 centsApr. live cattle closed at $198.65, down $1.50Mar. feeder cattle closed […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 4, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The new legislative session brings a renewed effort to keep AM radios in cars and trucks. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin tells Brownfield the bipartisan AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act would keep AM radio accessible in all new passenger vehicles, including electric vehicles at no additional charge. “We are seeing an increasing number of the […] The post Legislation to protect AM radio re-introduced in Senate appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The policy that drives the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association begins with the states.  Kim Brackett, NCBA Policy Chair, says the grassroots process is the bedrock of the organization. “Many of our state cattle associations have their conventions in the late fall, early winter where they develop resolutions that they want to discuss at the NCBA […] The post Having a voice in establishing the organization’s policy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. A new tariff battle against China is on, but Beijing’s retaliation doesn’t include soybeans. Mexico does buy U.S. soybeans and soybean products and Canada is a solid soybean meal customer. Soybean meal futures were up on that easing of tariff talk, while bean oil was lower […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat see good gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

New research from the University of Illinois shows that gene-edited bacteria can supply early corn plants the equivalent of 35 pounds of nitrogen from the air. Study co-author Connor Sible, research assistant professor in the Department of Crop Sciences, says they tested products from Pivot Bio called PROVEN and PROVEN 40. “We spent a couple […] The post New research shows gene-edited bacteria provides corn third source of nitrogen appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The Senate Committee on Finance has advanced the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on a party-line vote. During the vote, Republican Thom Tillis of North Carolina said he could not find organized opposition from the agriculture community and other groups, and believed the silence […] The post Senate committee forwards Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Protecting trade and market access from foreign animal diseases. A veterinarian for a commercial hog operation says she continues to monitor the movement of African Swine Fever. Bethany Heitkamp says if the virus entered the U.S., it would have a significant impact on trade. “Around 30% of our pork leaves the United States,” she says. […] The post Protecting trade from foreign animal diseases appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story