February 13, 2025

The push for year-round E15 continues. On Thursday, the bicameral, bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 was reintroduced into the 119th Congress. If passed, the bill would remove seasonal restrictions from those who sell, market or purchase ethanol blends up to 15 percent. Year-round E15 was initially included as part of […] The post Year-round E15 legislation reintroduced into Congress appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An associate research professor at the University of Missouri says local farmers will feel the impacts of the closure of a Soy Innovation Lab in Illinois. Kerry Clark says U.S. Agency for International Development funding helped MU researchers evaluate soybean production: phosphorus, genetic resistance and maturities and farmers will likely see an uptick in crop […] The post Soy innovation lab closure has impacts for MO appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up on technical buying. February live cattle closed $.40 higher at $199.55 and April lives closed $.80 higher at $196.52.  March feeder cattle closed $3.00 higher at $267.97 and April feeder cattle closed $2.72 higher at $267.97.  Direct cash cattle trade was pretty quiet again […] The post Cattle futures higher heading into Friday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Wisconsin producers are raising more sheep.  Jeff Swenson with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection tells Brownfield the recent USDA livestock report shows national sheep numbers are up slightly, but Wisconsin production grew a little more. “We grew to 80,000 head total. That’s 65,000 breeding ewes, and that’s up 2%, and market lambs […] The post Wisconsin producers are raising more sheep appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mar. corn closed at $4.93 and 1/2, up 3 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.30, up 2 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $292.70, down $1.40Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.25, up 59 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.77 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsApr. live cattle closed at $196.52, up 80 centsMar. […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 13, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

This year’s Michigan Master Pork Producer says he remains optimistic for the future despite current challenges. Tim Kruithoff raises 32,000 market pigs annually and row crops with his family in Kent City. “Mom said she had me in a farrowing crate with sows processing babies before I could walk, so I have been around the […] The post Kruithoff named Michigan Master Pork Producer appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Livestock producers in the Upper Midwest are dealing with temperatures well below freezing. Rachel Gray and her family operate a heifer development program near Blackduck in northern Minnesota where temps have recently been more than 30 degrees below zero. “We have been doing well, we’re very very fortunate in that we have really good winter […] The post Livestock producers dealing with extreme cold appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, buying back part of Wednesday’s decline. Beans are watching weather in South America, with generally favorable conditions expected over the next week. CONAB’s new production guess for Brazil is below the USDA’s last estimate. CONAB has the crop at 166.014 million tons, fractionally less than in […] The post Soybeans, wheat see modestly higher finishes appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story