August 11, 2026

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, feeders were higher waiting on direct business.  Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn. October live cattle closed $.57 lower at $226.32 and December live cattle closed $.25 lower at $225.70. September feeder cattle closed $.67 higher at $345.25 and October feeder cattle […] The post Cattle futures mixed ahead of direct trade appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The head of AgroLiquid says opening their main research site has given farmers and agribusinesses a place to evaluate the latest technology in real time. Nick Bancroft tells Brownfield the North Central Research Station was created by his grandfather in the early 1990s to show farmers in real time how fertilizer could be managed differently. […] The post AgroExpo highlights advances in farm technology, research and equipment appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

An extension plant pathologist sees a shift in the corn disease spectrum. Daren Mueller with Iowa State University says when fungicide use started to become common, the main pathogens were northern corn leaf blight and gray leaf spot. “And those are diseases that survive in the residue and they sort of hit that lower canopy […] The post Corn fungicide strategy evolves as disease spectrum shifts appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. The USDA’s national good to excellent rating dipped 1% but development is ahead of average, with generally seasonal weather. The trade will continue to watch August weather very closely. There was also position squaring before USDA’s updated supply, demand, and production numbers, out Wednesday at Noon Eastern/11 […] The post Soybeans, corn, wheat down ahead of WASDE update appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A regional agronomy manager with Beck’s says red crown rot has been expanding across parts of the Corn Belt. Jon Skinner tells Brownfield red crown rot is a very aggressive disease that infects soybean roots. “It was contained in Illinois since 2018 until the last couple years,” he said. “Now we’re starting to see it […] The post Beck’s encourages growers to scout for red crown rot appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Sep. corn $4.36 and 3/4, down 1 and 1/2 centsSep. soybeans $11.51 and 1/2, down 10 and 1/4 centsSep. soybean meal $305.00, down 50 centsSep. soybean oil 68.57, down 96 pointsSep. Chicago wheat $6.30 and 1/4, down 10 and 1/4 centsOct. live cattle $226.32, down 57 centsSep. feeder cattle $345.25, up 67 centsOct. lean hogs […] The post Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 11, 2026 appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The president of Beck’s says the company is celebrating 90 years as a family owned and operated seed business. Scott Beck tells Brownfield momentum is building for the future. “We had one of our biggest years ever reaching over 1.1 million acres of growth, corn and soybean acres, across our 20-plus state marketing area,” Beck […] The post Family-owned Beck’s reflects on 90 years of serving farmers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

The owner of one of the largest sale barns in the country says there’s room for cattle prices to move higher.   Jackie Moore with Joplin Regional Stockyards in Missouri says he’ll continue to monitor placements data.  “These cattle on feed reports, I’d say over the next three, four, five months are going to be way under what it’s been being,” he says. “We […] The post Missouri sale barn owner says tight cattle supplies could push cattle prices even higher appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story