At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were locked limit down on technical liquidation.  December live cattle closed $7.25 lower at $207.20 and February live cattle closed $7.25 lower at $207.52.  January feeder cattle closed $9.25 lower at $304.97 and March feeder cattle closed $9.25 lower at $297.80.  Direct cash cattle trade activity… ... Continue Reading

Iowa’s ag secretary is applauding corn and soybean farmers in the state for a successful harvest. Mike Naig says Iowa farmers once again delivered significant crops in 2025 despite challenges with weather, diseases, and a slumping ag economy. USDA crop reporters peg corn harvest at 99 percent complete, with field activities consisting of fertilizer and… ... Continue Reading

Some combines are still rolling in Wisconsin, but not many.  USDA says 90% of the state’s corn for grain has been harvested as of Sunday.  The regions with the most harvest activity now are the northeast and central parts of the state, where only 81% and 89% of the corn for grain has left the… ... Continue Reading

Soybeans were mixed on bear spreading. Beans were watching South American planting and development weather, while waiting for what should be the last USDA crop progress report of the season. The USDA says the 2025 U.S. soybean harvest is, at least officially, wrapped up. China bought another 123,000 tons of U.S. beans Monday morning, the… ... Continue Reading

Farmers in Michigan are nearly wrapped up with the 2025 harvest. USDA reporters say that as of November 23rd, 92% of Michigan’s corn has been harvested compared to 97% at this time last year, but that’s 4% better than the five-year average. One hundred percent of Michigan’s winter wheat has been planted, and that’s on… ... Continue Reading

Dec. corn $4.23 and 3/4, down 1 and 3/4 centsJan. soybeans $11.23 and 1/4, down 1 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal $314.20, down 90 centsDec. soybean oil 50.18, down 8 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.22 and 1/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsDec. live cattle $207.20, down $7.25Jan. feeder cattle $304.97, down $9.25Dec. lean hogs $78.20, up… ... Continue Reading

Northeast Missouri farmer Drew Lock says the fall harvest and fieldwork are almost wrapped up. “Looks like with the weather coming in, fall fieldwork might be done whether we wanted it to be done or not. Will it be cold or will we have snow? Maybe we’ll just kind of have to wait and see… ... Continue Reading

A farmer from south-central Ohio says fall harvest wasn’t bad this year considering the weather variability throughout the growing season. “For the year, we had starting off incredibly wet and then turned off super dry in August and September.” Scott Metzger says yields weren’t as good as expected, but he has been able to sell… ... Continue Reading

A farmer in southeastern South Dakota says he harvested a decent corn crop this fall. “I would say everybody was 180 to 200 plus bushels/acre pretty easy.” Matt Bainbridge says corn is piled everywhere. “It’s pretty wild. People are running out of places to pile it.” Bainbridge says he delivered some corn to the elevator… ... Continue Reading

The agronomy manager for Wyffels Hybrids says he doesn’t believe there was a record U.S. corn crop this year. Robby Meeker tells Brownfield, “Our data would not suggest that.”  He says, “In Wyffels geography of Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota, and a little bit of South Dakota, we were down 11 bushels year over year. Looking… ... Continue Reading