Brownfield Ag News

- December corn $6.85 down $0.015 - November soybeans $13.8175 down $0.0025 - December soybean meal $408.70 down $6.90 - December soybean oil 73.42 up 114 points - December Chicago wheat $8.405 up $0.0575 - December live cattle $153.57 up $0.27 - December lean hogs $88.50 up $0.05 Find more agriculture news at: brownfieldagnews.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pri...

Toby Schweitzer with Good Life Seeds in Central City, Nebraska has been a Prairie Hybrids retailer for five years. He and his farmer customers are pleased with the performance of non-GMO hybrids and how Prairie Hybrids’ genetics specifically have a hardy cold germ with yields that rival GMO competitors. He appreciates that the people at Prairie Hybrids are farmers themselves, so they think li...

New technologies helps farmers get the most out of their crops. In this Managing for Profit, Channel technical agronomist Jeremy Miner talks about SMARTStax PRO with RNAI Technology and what growers need to know as they finalize their plans for the 2023 growing season. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Market recap (changes on week): - December corn down $.02 at $6.81 - November soybeans down $.13 at $13.72 - December soybean oil up 5.03 cents at 71.87 cents/lb - December soybean meal down $2.30 at $408.70/short ton - December wheat down $.23 at $8.38 - July wheat down $.16 at $8.67 Weekly highlights: - Ethanol production increased for the third straight week- up to nearly 300 million gallons pr...

- December corn $6.8625 up $0.0475 - November soybeans $13.82 up $0.10 - December soybean meal $415.60 up $6.90 - December soybean oil 72.28 up 41 points - December Chicago wheat $8.3475 down $0.04 - December live cattle $153.30 down $0.82 - December lean hogs $88.45 up $0.52 Find more agriculture news at: brownfieldagnews.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy...

Iowa farmer Stan Nelson serves as vice president of the Iowa Corn Promotion Board and says corn production continues to improve, making it imperative there’s sufficient demand. He tells Brownfield Iowa Corn is working to replace fossil fuels found in many products from our fuel tanks to plastics and chemicals. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https:/...

The Illinois corn checkoff program is important to Illinois corn farmers. This week, IL Corn Marketing Board Chairman and Deland, IL farmer Jim Reed explains the purpose and value of the checkoff program, including recent priorities the board has been working on and examples of why the checkoff program is a good return on investment. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California P...

Thumb area farmer Matt Frostic represents Michigan on the National Corn Growers Association board of directors. Hear more about their priorities and how he’ll serve in the position. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Dylan Powell was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the course, track, and mat. His favorite part about high school sports is the chance to grow as a leader and learn from others. Agriculture means everything to Dylan. Growing up on a farm, Dylan has learned to appreciate the value of farming and what all it provides. Without the strong base of learne...

Austin Cramer was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the trap field. His favorite part about high school sports is being a part of team. Austin’s team is filled with members from various schools which makes his experience even better. He also really enjoys the competitive aspect of trapshooting. Austin has been involved in agriculture his whole life....

Madison Lauck was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the court. Her favorite part about high school sports is having the opportunity to be a part of a team. She enjoys encouraging her teammates as well as the opportunity to be a leader. Agriculture has always been a huge part of Madison’s life. While growing up she would see firsthand from her grandpa...

Jonathan Hildebrand was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the field. Jonathan’s favorite part about high school sports is the friendships that will last a lifetime. Along with the relationships comes a ton of fun memories that will make for good stories in the future. Jonathan grew up in agriculture and it’s something he couldn’t see himself living w...

Tristyn Maras was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the court. Her favorite part about high school sports is spending time with her teammates and building not only athletic skills, but relationship skills as well. She will always cherish the memories she has made through sports. Tristyn also enjoys the chance to be a good role model to younger kids w...

Cody Wichmann was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the field. His favorite part about high school sports is being able to play a game he loves alongside his friends. Agriculture is Cody’s family’s way of life. They have been farming crops and raising cattle and swine for a living. Cody is involved in baseball, basketball, football, TA, 4-H and helps...

Kash Wasteney was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the field. His favorite part about high school sports is the competitiveness and spending time with his teammates. To Kash, agriculture is his future. He has grown up on a family farm helping with the crops and livestock and looks forward to continuing life on the farm in the future. Kash is involve...

Kayla Joos was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the court. Her favorite part about high school sports is the relationships that are formed as well as achieving goals with her teammates. To Kayla, agriculture is a lifestyle built through faith, family, and hard work. Kayla is involved in volleyball, 4-H, FFA, National Honor Society and FCS. She also...

Emma Cook was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the field. Her favorite part about high school sports is being able to compete and have fun with friends. To Emma, agriculture means providing for people. Without agriculture the world would not have a lot of the things we take for granted, like food. Emma is involved in softball, volleyball, wrestling,...

Weston Drost was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for his commitment and passion on and off the field. His favorite part about high school sports is being able to compete as a team. To Weston, agriculture is all about providing for the world. Weston is involved in FFA, baseball, football, basketball, FCA, NHS, 4-H and LYF. After high school, Weston plans to attend DMACC to pursue an ag busi...

Madelyn Reiter was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the field. Her favorite part of high school sports is getting to know her classmates better outside the classroom. She loves the community of sports and being able to push her teammates to be better. Agriculture is a lifestyle that Madelyn was raised in, and it has helped her become who she is toda...

Kori Cornett was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the field. Her favorite part about high school sports is developing a family on the field and seeing all your hard work pay off when you win a game. Agriculture has made Kori who she is today, and she is very thankful for all the farmers who work ceaselessly every day. Kori is involved in softball an...

Grace Kreischer was nominated as a Beck’s Player with Heart for her commitment and passion on and off the field. Grace loves the competitive spirit in high school sports. Whether she is playing softball or basketball there are always challenges that push her to be the best athlete and person she can be. Through sports she has learned many different life lessons that have formed her into who she is...

- December corn $6.815 down $0.0275 - November soybeans $13.72 down $0.235 - December soybean meal $408.70 down $9.20 - December soybean oil 71.87 up 37 points - December Chicago wheat $8.3875 down $0.12 - December live cattle $154.12 up $1.70 - December lean hogs $87.92 down $1.20 Find more agriculture news at: brownfieldagnews.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Pr...

Farmers like Paul Butler in central Illinois are in the midst of harvest and using data collected throughout the year to form decisions for the next growing season. He says he’s pleased with his Enlist E3 soybeans and plans to plant them again in 2023. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

- December corn $6.8425 up $0.0025 - November soybeans $13.955 up $0.04 - December soybean meal $417.90 up $4.60 - December soybean oil 71.50 up 108 points - December Chicago wheat $8.5075 up $0.015 - December live cattle $152.42 up $0.75 - December lean hogs $89.12 up $2.10 Find more agriculture news at: brownfieldagnews.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N...