October 13, 2025

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, ahead of widespread direct business.  December live cattle closed $2.22 higher at $244.75 and February live cattle closed $1.80 higher at $247.20.  November feeder cattle closed $.82 higher at $376.72 and January feeder cattle closed $1.77 higher at $373.72.  Direct cash cattle trade activity […] The post Cattle futures higher to start the week, optimistic about cash business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A central Wisconsin farmer is pleased with the 2025 crops.  T.J. Draeger operates a dairy farm near Marathon City, Wisconsin.  Brownfield caught up with Draeger while he was chopping snaplage or earlage. “I’m in some really nice corn. A little dry. It got away on us a little bit but you know, we had a […] The post Dairy farmer impressed with 2025 harvest so far appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A southeast Iowa livestock producer says economic conditions have been favorable for his turkey operation. Tim Meyer says this follows what he calls a volatile 2024. “Turkeys are relatively healthy right now and that market seems to be better than it was six months to a year ago,” he said. “The turkey deal is definitely […] The post Iowa turkey producer says market conditions improving in 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A group representing farmers, processors, and other businesses is pushing for reforms to allow reliable and highly skilled workers to stay on the job in the U.S. James O’Neil is the Director of Legislative Affairs and Agriculture for the American Business Immigration Coalition.  He says the Secure America’s Workforce campaign is trying to show federal […] The post Farm and business coalition pushes immigration reform to retain skilled ag workers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Beans continue to wait for end-of-the-month tariff talks between the U.S. and China. The renewed optimism followed social media activity by President Trump over the weekend that dampened some of the concerns following an earlier social media post by the President late last week. The […] The post Soybeans rebound as Trump revives trade optimism with China appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The CEO of R-CALF USA says strong antitrust enforcement is needed from President Trump to help restore competition in the livestock markets. Bill Bullard says the organization recently joined a letter to the president regarding the issue, which was signed by hundreds of independent businesses across 43 states and nearly 100 national and state organizations […] The post R-CALF joins national coalition calling on Trump to protect competition in ag markets appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn $4.10 and 3/4, down 2 and 1/4 centsNov. soybeans $10.07 and 3/4, up 1 centDec. soybean meal $274.10, down 90 centsDec. soybean oil 50.60, up 63 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $4.96 and 3/4, down 1 and 3/4 centsDec. live cattle $244.75, up $2.22Nov. feeder cattle $376.72, up 82 centsDec. lean hogs $84.85, up 82 […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 13, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The 2025 harvest season is winding down for northwest Iowa farmer Kelly Nieuwenhuis. “Well, it’s been fast,” he said. “Bean harvest went quickly. We’ve been done with them for about a week. We’re probably not quite half done on corn.” He tells Brownfield the quality of the crop has been really good, but “The yields […] The post Northwest Iowa farmer says 2025 harvest yields falling short of expectations appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Two Illinois farmers say the end of their 2025 harvest is in sight. Christian County farmer Ken Franklin says he’s two-thirds complete. “We got our beans done.”  He says, “Happy to be back in corn. Yields are average, maybe a tick above or below, depending on where you’re at in the field.” He says the […] The post Dry weather speeds up harvest pace in western and central Illinois appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story