May 27, 2025

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. The trade’s monitoring U.S. planting progress, expecting near-term delays in some areas, especially southern portions of the region. The USDA says 76% of U.S. soybeans are planted, compared to the five-year average of 68%, and 50% has emerged, compared to 40% on average. Beans are […] The post Soybeans finish firm, wheat closes lower appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Jul. corn closed at $4.59 and 1/2, unchangedJul. soybeans closed at $10.62 and 1/2, up 2 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $296.30, up 10 centsJul. soybean oil closed at 49.57, up 22 pointsJul. wheat closed at $5.28 and 1/2, down 14 centsJun. live cattle closed at $215.12, down 67 centsAug. feeder cattle closed […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 27, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says many Illinois farmers continued to make strong planting progress last week. Jim Hedges, who farms in Shelby County, says his planting is nearly complete. “We’ve got all of our corn and soybeans in, with the exception of a couple hundred acres that are going in after cover crops that we weren’t quite […] The post Illinois planting progress continues to climb appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A West Michigan specialty crop farmer says cold weather this past week did cause some frost damage. New Era asparagus and apple grower Caleb Coulter tells Brownfield, “We were running frost fans three nights in a row and of course, asparagus doesn’t do too well those nights either.” He says injured asparagus has been going […] The post Cold weather nicks Michigan crop quality appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Indiana farmer says recent rains have delayed his planting progress again. Roger Wenning says he’s ready to get back to planting corn. “We’ve got two or three days here with a small chance of rain, and then it’s supposed to warm up and dry up, so hopefully by this weekend we can go at […] The post Planting delays persist in southeast Indiana appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

U.S. corn and soybean planting continues to near the finish line. That followed another week of generally favorable planting weather in much of the Midwest and Plains, but some key states are behind average due to heavy rainfall. The USDA says 87% of U.S. corn is planted and 67% has emerged, both ahead of the […] The post 87% of U.S. corn, 76% of soybeans planted appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwest Kansas farmer says recent rainfall has delayed planting progress. Jim Sipes tells Brownfield corn planting has wrapped up, but sorghum has been a challenge. “We’re just getting started. It’s been pretty cool, and it’s been hard to get that crop started. We just had more rain this weekend.” The latest crop progress and […] The post Widespread rainfall delays planting progress in Kansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwestern Ohio farmer says he’s wrapped up the 2025 planting season, but the rest of the state continues to face delays. Eric Tipton says his crop is a mixed bag. “We’ve got some crops up now that look decent,” he says. “We’ve got some stuff that it really got hurt pretty bad by some heavy […] The post Ohio farmers make significant planting progress on the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A south-central Nebraska farmer says timely rains have helped improve emergence issues for corn and soybeans. Mike Bergen tells Brownfield, “We’ve got some rows that are up now and late emerging, but we’re going to be off the races by the weekend.” The latest crop progress and condition report says 89 percent of corn has […] The post Timely rains in Nebraska help boost soil moisture, improve emergence appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story