November 25, 2025

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed on spread trade, feeders were up on oversold signals.  December live cattle closed $.20 lower at $207 and February live cattle closed $.20 lower at $207.32.  January feeder cattle closed $2.10 higher at $307.07 and March feeder cattle closed $3.07 higher at $300.87.  There was a […] The post Live cattle mixed heading into midweek appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A livestock economist says the latest data from the USDA doesn’t show any signs of widespread herd expansion. Kenny Burdine with the University of Kentucky says the percentage of cattle on feed that are heifers is too high. “We’re still kind of in this upper 30% range, right,” he says.  “Which, you combine that with […] The post Market volatility dampens producer optimism for heifer retention appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Planting and development weather generally looks favorable in much of South America. The 2025 U.S. soybean harvest is at least officially wrapped up, even if there are still some uncollected acres. The USDA’s next round of supply and demand estimates is out December 9th, while […] The post Soybeans edge higher, watching export market, South American weather appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Dec. corn $4.23 and 1/2, down 1/4 centJan. soybeans $11.24 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/2 centsDec. soybean meal $317.00, up $2.80Dec. soybean oil 50.30, up 12 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.27 and 1/4, up 5 centsDec. live cattle $207.00, down 20 centsJan. feeder cattle $307.07, up $2.10Dec. lean hogs $78.45, up 25 centsDec. Class III […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 25, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A closer look the farmland market for 2026. Randy Dickhut with Agricultural Economic Insights says cash rents have remained stable, but are expected to decline in 2026. “They could go down five, ten, fifteen, to twenty dollars an acre depending on the level of competition in the market,” he says. He tells Brownfield the projected […] The post Program payments and a rise in net farm income could help support 2026 farmland market appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

USDA’s chief economist has been named the new director of the University of Missouri’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute. “I’m just moving at a different spot in the policy formation chain, one that allows you to to do a little bit more in depth work, a little more detailed analysis,” Seth Meyer tells Brownfield. […] The post Meyer will return to FAPRI in the New Year appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A representative with Agoro Carbon Alliance says there continues to be farmer interest in the carbon marketplace. “Everybody is still looking for different monetary opportunities on their farm or ranch,” said regional sales manager Clay Craighton. Craighton says the market has stability. “We actually just signed a flagship agreement with Microsoft earlier this year to […] The post Carbon credit demand holds steady as more farmers evaluate program eligibility appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

There are some mixed feelings about trade aid in farm country as agriculture awaits more details from the Trump administration. “I think we’re kind of in the same spot where we were eight years ago when we had all the trade disruptions with China,” says Matt Bainbridge, a farmer from South Dakota. “It seems like […] The post Mixed reactions in farm country as trade aid decision nears appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story