March 21, 2025

Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling, compounding what would have already been a week-to-week decline. Harvest is ongoing in South America, putting a lot of soybeans and eventually soybean products onto the market. The USDA’s updated supply, demand, and production numbers, and CONAB’s new estimates for Brazil are both out April 10th. […] The post Corn weak Friday, still up modestly on the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

May corn closed at $4.64 and 1/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.09 and 3/4, down 3 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $300.30, up $3.20May soybean oil closed at 42.01, down 70 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.58 and 1/4, up 1 centApr. live cattle closed at $206.95, down $1.52Apr. feeder […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 21, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures from the Great Lakes region to the northern half of the Atlantic Coast, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail along and southwest of a line from northeastern Montana to the western tip of Florida’s panhandle.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across most […] The post A showery pattern ahead for most; early-season heat/warmth in West/Southwest builds eastward appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Engineers from many farm equipment manufacturers will be making sure modern implements work with different brands of tractors.  Ryan Milligan is with the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation. He tells Brownfield, “This is an international conglomerate of equipment manufacturers that have come together to make interoperability between tractors and implements of different brands compatible.” Milligan says […] The post Plugfest helps ensure farm equipment compatibility appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Egg production declined in February 2025. The USDA says 7.85 billion eggs were produced in February of this year, down 9% from February of last year. That was primarily due to the culling of some flocks because of the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza. The number of laying hens on March 1st was 8% […] The post Egg production falls sharply in February appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says the Trump administration’s actions of cutting and freezing appropriated funds are hurting the state’s leading industry. Jerry Costello told a recent Congressional roundtable, “The instability that the Trump administration has caused in agriculture in literally 2 months, I’m not sure that I know of a time […] The post IL ag director sees unprecedented instability appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says the placements of cattle into U.S. feedlots fell sharply in February. 1.554 million cattle were placed onto feed in February, a drop of 18% on the year. That was despite the U.S. reopening the border to imports of live cattle from Mexico after a pause following the discovery of New World screwworm. […] The post February cattle placements drop on the year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An irrigation specialist is hearing farmer concerns about nutrient management ahead of the growing season.  Mike Kilmer with Apple Irrigation says there’s a common theme among growers he works with. “The biggest concern that growers have right now is getting their nitrogen applied in a proper manner.” Speaking to Brownfield at the North American Farm […] The post Managing nitrogen with irrigation appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story