Year-round E15 legislation reintroduced into Congress

The push for year-round E15 continues. On Thursday, the bicameral, bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 was reintroduced into the 119th Congress. If passed, the bill would remove seasonal restrictions from those who sell, market or purchase ethanol blends up to 15 percent. Year-round E15 was initially included as part of…… Continue Reading

Soy innovation lab closure has impacts for MO

An associate research professor at the University of Missouri says local farmers will feel the impacts of the closure of a Soy Innovation Lab in Illinois. Kerry Clark says U.S. Agency for International Development funding helped MU researchers evaluate soybean production: phosphorus, genetic resistance and maturities and farmers will likely see an uptick in crop…… Continue Reading

Wisconsin producers are raising more sheep

Wisconsin producers are raising more sheep.  Jeff Swenson with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection tells Brownfield the recent USDA livestock report shows national sheep numbers are up slightly, but Wisconsin production grew a little more. “We grew to 80,000 head total. That’s 65,000 breeding ewes, and that’s up 2%, and market lambs…… Continue Reading

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 13, 2025

Mar. corn closed at $4.93 and 1/2, up 3 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.30, up 2 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $292.70, down $1.40Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.25, up 59 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.77 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsApr. live cattle closed at $196.52, up 80 centsMar.…… Continue Reading

Kruithoff named Michigan Master Pork Producer

This year’s Michigan Master Pork Producer says he remains optimistic for the future despite current challenges. Tim Kruithoff raises 32,000 market pigs annually and row crops with his family in Kent City. “Mom said she had me in a farrowing crate with sows processing babies before I could walk, so I have been around the…… Continue Reading

Livestock producers dealing with extreme cold

Livestock producers in the Upper Midwest are dealing with temperatures well below freezing. Rachel Gray and her family operate a heifer development program near Blackduck in northern Minnesota where temps have recently been more than 30 degrees below zero. “We have been doing well, we’re very very fortunate in that we have really good winter…… Continue Reading

Soybeans, wheat see modestly higher finishes

Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, buying back part of Wednesday’s decline. Beans are watching weather in South America, with generally favorable conditions expected over the next week. CONAB’s new production guess for Brazil is below the USDA’s last estimate. CONAB has the crop at 166.014 million tons, fractionally less than in…… Continue Reading

National FFA Week is an opportunity to celebrate ag education

The president of National FFA says members are celebrating ag education. Thaddeus Bergschneider from Illinois says more than one million members are participating in National FFA Week activities.  “It’s not only about the members that we have an FFA right now, it’s the hundreds of thousands of FFA alumni we have,” he says. “All the people…… Continue Reading

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