At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up waiting for the rest of the week’s business to develop.  February live cattle closed $.90 higher at $236.05 and April live cattle closed $1.10 higher at $238.42.  March feeder cattle closed $4.85 higher at $364.55 and April feeder cattle closed $4.75 higher at $362.92.  […]

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Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation that would make sure more real dairy butter can be served in more schools.  Chad Zuleger with the Dairy Business Association says Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation that would require schools to offer butter in their meal programs. “A young boy came home and told his mother that there’s no […]

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Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Unknown destinations and China both bought U.S. soybeans ahead of the open. Unknown picked up a total of 545,000 tons, with 470,000 tons for 2025/26 delivery, and the remaining 75,000 tons for 2026/27, while China purchased 204,000 tons, all for 2025/26. Weekly U.S. sales were strong at […]

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A shift to an El Niño weather pattern could mean drier-than-normal conditions persist in the Midwest. Jacob Dickey, meteorologist for WCIA-TV in eastern Illinois, tells Brownfield, “We’ve been hit the hardest by that drought.”  He says, “Champaign Urbana at the Water Survey site is down over 13 inches since this time last year. That’s a […]

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