August 11, 2025

A farmer in southeast Missouri says he’s not disappointed with a drier end to the growing season after the wet start to the year. Rance Daniels farms in Dunklin County says while he wouldn’t turn down a rain for the soybeans, most crops on his farm are irrigated. “The early beans look really good, but […] The post Soybeans need rain, rice looks good in Bootheel appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southwestern Indiana farmer says inconsistent weather patterns are impacting crop growth.  Randy Kron raises corn and soybeans in Vanderburgh County.  “We’re either getting huge amounts of rain or no rain,” he says. “We’re running irrigators and then all of a sudden, we get a four inch rain and things are drowned out. My hope is […] The post Weather challenges impacting southern Indiana crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Rice harvest has started in southern Arkansas, but an assistant agronomy professor at the University of Arkansas says it’s not expected to be a record crop. Justin Chlapecka tells Brownfield it’s a smaller crop than in previous years. “Especially from what we predicted earlier,” he says. “Especially with all the rains, we’ve got a lot […] The post Rice harvest begins in Arkansas appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A north central Ohio farmer says she’s starting to get concerned about the lack of recent moisture.  Patty Mann tells Brownfield her area hasn’t gotten any rainfall in ten days. “The corn is definitely curled up,” she says. “Beans have been hanging in there. They were starting to look a little stressed, but they’re kind […] The post Rain needed in north central Ohio appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA says corn and soybean condition ratings were mixed last week in Michigan. Monday’s crop progress report says corn condition declined to 51% good to excellent from the previous week’s 56%. Fifty-one percent of the crop is in the dough stage and 93% is silking. Soybeans were rated 53% good to excellent – two […] The post 51% of Michigan corn, 53% of soybeans rated good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $3.85, up 2 and 1/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $9.91 and 3/4, up 24 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $280.80, up $4.20Sep. soybean oil closed at 53.19, up 48 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.15, up 1/2 centOct. live cattle closed at $226.10, up 12 centsSep. feeder cattle closed at $340.60, up […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 11, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were up, feeders were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct business.  Boxed beef was also higher during the session. October live cattle closed $.12 higher at $226.10 and December live cattle closed $.55 higher at $228.47.  September feeder cattle closed $.22 higher at $340.60 and October feeder […] The post Live cattle futures higher to start the week appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The heavy rainfall that caused flooding in southern Wisconsin and forced the early closing of the Wisconsin State Fair also impacted some crops. Mark Hoffmann raises corn and soybeans near Whitewater, about 20 miles southwest of Milwaukee.  He tells Brownfield the rainfall amounts varied across the region, and the crops are so tall you don’t […] The post Heavy weekend rains affected some Wisconsin crops appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The USDA’s national crop condition ratings generally declined over the past week. That followed another week of widely variable weather in many key growing areas, ranging from near ideal, to hotter and drier, with heavy rainfall and flooding in parts of the region. The USDA says 72% of corn is in good to excellent shape, […] The post 72% of U.S. corn, 68% of soybeans good to excellent appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The director of the Illinois Department of Agriculture says more improvements are planned for the Illinois State Fairgrounds. Jerry Costello says this will be the final year the long-abandoned Building 29 will loom over the fairgrounds.  “Which is the old dormitory building.”  He says, “It’s probably been vacant for over twenty years, and has been […] The post More improvements planned for Illinois State Fairgrounds appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story