Two Illinois farmers say the end of their 2025 harvest is in sight. Christian County farmer Ken Franklin says he’s two-thirds complete. “We got our beans done.”  He says, “Happy to be back in corn. Yields are average, maybe a tick above or below, depending on where you’re at in...

Soybean harvest is wrapping up in some parts of Michigan. Shiawassee County farmer Mark Senk tells Brownfield he started harvesting the last week of September. “We had good weather for nine straight days, and we were able to finish up our soybean harvest,” he shares. “We got our wheat planted,...

November Nymex natural gas (NGX25 ) on Monday closed up by +0.012 (+0.39%). Nov nat-gas prices rebounded from a 3-week low on Monday and settled slightly higher. Updated weather forecasts that call for temperatures to turn colder at the end of this month sparked short covering in nat gas futures....

A seed specialist says farmers should take advantage of the good weather to harvest good quality soybeans. Jeff Renk with Renk Seed tells Brownfield many farmers were combining in September, and there are usually twelve good harvest days in October for soybeans but the weather becomes challenging the later it...

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Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, pulling contracts to a lower weekly finish. The trade continues to monitor the U.S. harvest and South American planting weather, expecting generally good all-around progress in the next few days. The Rosario Grain Exchange left its outlook for Argentina’s soybean crop at...

November Nymex natural gas (NGX25 ) on Friday closed down by -0.163 (-4.99%). Nov nat-gas prices dropped to a 2.5-week low on Friday and settled sharply lower on ample storage and warmer US weather forecasts, which should curb heating demand for nat-gas. As of October 3, US nat-gas supplies in...

A northeast Ohio specialty crop grower says warm and dry weather has led to an earlier than usual apple harvest across parts of the state.  Geauga County farmer Bill Patterson tells Brownfield, “From an apple standpoint, the drought came in late enough that it’s not affecting us significantly. We’re very...

Dry conditions and disease pressure are expected to increase soybean cyst nematode populations going into 2026. BASF seed treatment product manager Jeremiah Mullock says areas of late season drought are favorable for SCN reproduction. “And so we’ll see areas where that nematode population is probably higher than we would’ve expected....

November Nymex natural gas (NGX25 ) on Wednesday closed down by -0.165 (-4.72%). Nov nat-gas prices gave up an early advance on Wednesday and settled sharply lower. Prices came under pressure on Wednesday from a mixed US weather forecast, which could reduce heating demand for nat-gas. Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said...

The outreach agronomist with the Illinois Soybean Association says farmers are seeing a wide range of variability in this year’s harvest results. Stephanie Porter tells Brownfield, “I think that a lot of that is attributed to weather, but also genetics as well.”  She says, “In corn, I’ve been hearing some...

The wheat complex is showing mixed action with the hard red contracts showing gains. CBT soft red wheat futures are posting fractional losses on Wednesday. KC HRW futures are trading with fractional gains so far. MPLS spring wheat futures are up 2 to 3 cents so far at midday. Weather...

November Nymex natural gas (NGX25 ) on Tuesday closed up by +0.141 (+4.20%). Nov nat-gas prices settled sharply higher on Tuesday as US weather forecasts cooled for mid-October, which could boost heating demand for nat-gas. Forecaster Atmospheric G2 said Tuesday that forecasts shifted cooler in the East and West Coast...