August 21, 2025

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mixed, watching the direct markets and waiting for Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed report. Ahead of that report, placement of cattle into U.S. feedlots are expected to be sharply below a year ago. October live cattle were down $.12 at $234.72 and December was $.05 lower […] The post Cattle, hog futures mixed Thursday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The trend of higher U.S. milk production continued in July.  USDA says nationally, production was up 3.4% and production in the 24 major producing states was up 3.5%. Along with increased July production, USDA revised the June report showing it was also up 3.4 from 2024. Production in the major producing states was 18.8 billion […] The post July milk production up more than 3% appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn closed at $3.87 and 1/4, up 7 and 1/4 centsSep. soybeans closed at $10.34 and 1/2, up 19 and 1/2 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $296.80, up $4.80Sep. soybean oil closed at 53.64, up 244 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.07, up 1 and 1/2 centsOct. live cattle closed at $234.72, down 12 centsSep. […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 21, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A land transfer navigator says free services are available to help guide families through tough conversations about a farm’s future. Becky Huttenga tells Brownfield setting goals as a family to ensure a farm’s viability across generations can be challenging. “Us as land transfer navigators can sit down with the family and try to help facilitate those […] The post Navigators can guide farm families through transitions appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying. Beans are watching a major crop tour, which has had very big yield estimates in some areas. However, weather will need to be nearly ideal to finish things out and many forecasts have a drier medium-term pattern on tap for eastern portions of the region. There […] The post Soybeans up on short covering, soybean oil appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Commercial red meat production during July fell 4% on the year to 4.357 billion pounds. The USDA says both beef and pork production saw 4% year-to-year declines because of slower processing paces for cattle and hogs at 2.185 billion and 2.519 billion pounds, respectively. That slower processing pace was for all types of hogs and […] The post July red meat production 4% below last year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee says Congress needs to do more to support on-farm energy production. Northern Illinois farmer Scott Brenner’s 1100 head dairy farm currently features the only methane digester in the state of Illinois. “We’re breaking down the carbon that’s left in the manure.”  He says, “We’re producing methane gas, […] The post Rep. Sorensen touts on-farm energy production appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story