A snapshot of U.S. prevent plant

A market analyst says while prevent plant isn’t expected to have a major impact on commodity prices, more prevent plant corn acres could affect the U.S. balance sheet. USDA is forecasting a record U.S. corn crop and Tyler Schau with AgMarket.net tells Brownfield… “All of that just leads to a lot of production that has…Continue Reading

Soybeans extend gains, corn bounces

Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Most of that support was follow-through from Tuesday’s post-USDA report, smaller-supply-driven gains. Nearly ideal development weather will be needed to hit USDA’s record yield estimate. For now, crop conditions generally look favorable in most key growing areas until at least late this month. The USDA’s next round…Continue Reading

Hog futures lower on demand uncertainty

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeder cattle were up, watching direct business develop.  Boxed beef was higher during the session.  October live cattle closed $.40 higher at $229.42 and December live cattle closed $.50 higher at $231.40.  September feeder cattle closed $.37 higher at $346.62 and October feeder cattle…Continue Reading

School helps address meat processing labor shortage

Technical and high schools in Wisconsin are continuing to prepare people for careers in the meat processing industry. One of the programs is Northcentral Technical College’s Pasture to Plate Butchery program.  Travis Teska teaches the program, which uses a specialized trailer equipped to harvest animals on-the-farm. “We use this to go out to our farms…Continue Reading

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 13, 2025

Sep. corn closed at $3.74, up 2 and 1/2 centsSep. soybeans closed at $10.24, up 11 and 1/4 centsSep. soybean meal closed at $287.00, up $5.60Sep. soybean oil closed at 53.39, up 15 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.07 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 centsOct. live cattle closed at $229.42, up 40 centsSep. feeder cattle…Continue Reading

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