December 2, 2025

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up on oversold signals, ahead of the week’s direct business.  February live cattle closed $4.87 higher at $220.80 and April live cattle closed $4.87 higher at $222.42.  January feeder cattle closed $8.80 higher at $329.87 and March feeder cattle closed $8.40 higher at $323.92.  Direct […] The post Cattle futures sharply higher ahead of direct business appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An extension educator suggests farmers in his area are leaning toward more corn in 2026.  Dennis Johnson with Iowa State University is based in north-central Iowa. “I just did some surveys and looked at some surveys that we do with everybody in the fall, kind of forecasting as far as what can happen the next […] The post Iowa State educator says farmers leaning toward more corn in 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected in central Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the case involves a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County. It’s the state’s ninth detection of HPAI within domestic birds in 2025. The post High-path avian flu detected in central Iowa commercial turkey flock appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans are monitoring planting and development conditions in South America, which generally look favorable. The trade is also waiting for more demand news from China, with no daily sales announcements yet this week. It’s going to take a pretty big buying spree by Beijing to reach the […] The post Soybeans dip on slow China demand as corn and wheat post modest gains appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Farm Bureau members want to take stock of the true impact tariffs are having on the agricultural industry. Director of Public Policy Andrew Vermeesch tells Brownfield much like Farm Bureau members recently came together to discuss milk marketing challenges, a resolution this year calls for more analysis of tariffs. “That calls for an ad hoc […] The post Michigan Farm Bureau seeks ad hoc AFBF committee to study tariff and trade impacts appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

December Class III milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange down 11 at $15.76.  January up a dime at $15.28.  February 6 higher at $15.42.  March through May futures 6 higher to 6 lower. Dry whey down $0.0025 at $0.73 Blocks down $0.0075 at $1.43 Barrels down $0.02 at $1.50 Butter up $0.0150 at $1.46 […] The post Milk futures and cash dairy mixed Tuesday appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A university of Wisconsin team is looking at how certain farming practices help reduce phosphorus losses.  Dr. Steven Hall says his team has been doing a deep dive on data from the state’s nutrient management plan software. “A team of us at UW have been really exhaustively using the SNAP+ nutrient management software to game […] The post Researchers do data deep dive to study phosphorus losses appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Mar. corn $4.50, up 5 centsJan. soybeans $11.24 and 3/4, down 3 and 1/4 centsJan. soybean meal $311.60, down $3.00Jan soybean oil 52.68, up 32 pointsMar. Chicago wheat $5.41, up 6 centsFeb. live cattle $220.80, up $4.87Jan. feeder cattle $329.87, up $8.80Feb. lean hogs $80.17, down 12 centsJan. Class III milk closed at $15.33, up […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 2, 2025 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An auction specialist says December is a busy month for used machinery sales. “Now we’re in the busy farm retirement excess machinery market,” said Mark Stock, co-founder of Big Iron Auctions. Stock says used equipment is currently trending steady to higher. “The combine market reached its lows in June of this last year and they’ve […] The post Used machinery demand remains strong as December buying picks up appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story