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Cotton Falls Weaker on Thursday
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Cotton futures posted Thursday losses of 59 to 64 points across the nearbys at the close. Crude oil futures were 4 cents/barrel higher on the day, with the US dollar index $0.858 lower. Export Sales data tallied a total of 244,673 RB of cotton sold for the week ending on...

Corn Closes with Mixed Action on Thursday
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Corn futures held the front month gains on Thursday, with contracts up 2 to 3 ¼ cents. New crop December slipped lower, down ¾ cent at the close. CmdtyView’s national average Cash Corn price was up 3 3/4 cents at $4.60 3/4. Export Sales data showed 1.649 MMT of corn...

Hogs Fall on Thursday
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Lean hog futures failed to hold the strength on Thursday, with contracts down 7 cents in the soon to expire Feb and $1 to $1.30 in other nearbys. The CME Lean Hog Index was up another 89 cents on February 11 at $87.08. The national average base hog negotiated price...

Soybeans Hold Gains into Thursday’s Close
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Soybeans finished off the Thursday session with gains across most contracts, up 1 to 2 ¼ cents. The national front month Cash Bean price from cmdtyView was 2 ¼ cents higher at $9.69 1/2. Soymeal futures closed down $1.40/ton, with Soy Oil futures back up 59 points so far on...

Cattle Bounces Higher on Thursday
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Live cattle futures held the Thursday gains into the close, up 40 cents to $1.05. Cash trade has kicked off this week at $202-203 in the South, down $3, though the rest of the country has been quiet. Middy bids on Thursday are $202-203. The Thursday version of the Central...

Wheat Pops Higher on Export Business
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Wheat posted Thursday gains across the three markets at the close. Chicago SRW futures were up 3 to 4 cents in the front months. KC HRW futures posted 6 to 8 cent gains on the session. MPLS spring wheat was 2 to 4 cents in the green to round out...
Soy innovation lab closure has impacts for MO
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:58PM CST
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...
Year-round E15 legislation reintroduced into Congress
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:58PM CST
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...
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Cattle futures higher heading into Friday
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:42PM CST
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up on technical buying. February live cattle closed $.40 higher at $199.55 and April lives closed $.80 higher at $196.52. March feeder cattle closed $3.00 higher at $267.97 and April feeder cattle closed $2.72 higher at $267.97. Direct cash cattle...

Stocks Rally as Inflation Fears Recede and Tariffs Delayed
BarchartThu Feb 13, 3:40PM CST
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Thursday closed up +1.04%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.77%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +1.43%. March E-mini S&P futures (ESH25 ) rose by +0.99%, and March E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Kruithoff named Michigan Master Pork Producer
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:26PM CST
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...
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 13, 2025
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:26PM CST
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...
Wisconsin producers are raising more sheep
Brownfield Ag NewsThu Feb 13, 3:26PM CST
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...