April 24, 2025

Soybeans were higher thanks to late commercial and technical buying. Soybeans continue to monitor the early U.S. planting pace, the ongoing harvest in Argentina, and the late harvest in Brazil. The tariff standstill with China is a background issue. The lack of demand from China was evident in the weekly export numbers, with sales down […] The post Soybeans, corn see late gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

May corn closed at $4.77 and 1/4, up 5 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.53, up 12 and 3/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $288.70, down $2.10May soybean oil closed at 49.65, up 174 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.29 and 1/4, up 1 centJun. live cattle closed at $208.00, down 10 centsMay feeder cattle […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 24, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service is withdrawing its proposed regulatory framework for Salmonella for raw poultry products. The framework, which was published in August 2024 after multiple years of consideration, was targeted at reducing Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products. Following the comment period, FSIS says it determined further consideration is needed before it […] The post USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service withdraws proposed Salmonella framework appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s cold storage numbers for meat were mixed on the year. Domestic red meat stocks at the end of March were 4% below last year at 870.25 million pounds as a 1% rise for beef to 426.882 million pounds was more than canceled out by a 9% drop in pork at 422.254 million pounds, […] The post Meat in cold storage numbers mixed for March appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Commercial red meat production during March was modestly larger than last year. The USDA says commercial red meat production last month was 4.422 billion pounds, up 1% on the year, with a 2% increase for beef to 2.153 billion pounds and a slight rise for pork to 2.254 billion pounds, both thanks to heavier average […] The post Commercial red meat production up slightly in March appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Members of this year’s Indiana Farm Bureau Leadership Education Action and Development cohort are getting a hands on experience in ag policy development across the state. Chelsea Poe is the executive director of education and engagement for Indiana Farm Bureau. “They’re going to learn from the grassroots level up on how we develop a policy […] The post Indiana Farm Bureau’s 2025 L.E.A.D. class focused on Indiana ag policy appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story