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The U.S. House has passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, 216-214, and many ag groups say it includes several key wins for the industry. Ryan Yates with American Farm Bureau Federation tells Brownfield, “It is a big win for farmers and ranchers. You’ve got $65.5billion dollars that will be...

Passage of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Sparks Fireworks Among the Agriculture Sector

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher, watching the cash market. August live cattle closed $1.60 higher at $214.05 and October live cattle closed $1.20 higher at $210.90.  August feeder cattle closed $.47 higher at $309.50 and September feeder cattle closed $.50 higher at $309.37.  Direct...

Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, padding the weekly gains slightly. Unknown destinations bought 226,000 tons of old crop U.S. beans ahead of the open, along with 45,000 tons of old and 150,000 tons of new crop bean meal. Weekly old crop soybeans were fell short...

Sep. corn closed at $4.20 and 1/4, up 2 and 1/4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $10.55 and 1/2, up 2 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $277.40, up 60 centsAug. soybean oil closed at 54.55, down 47 pointsSep. wheat closed at $5.56 and 3/4, down 7 and 1/4 centsAug. live cattle...

In the last week, Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe has signed two ag-related bills approved by Missouri lawmakers this year. The Fiscal Year 2026 budget for the Missouri Ag Department includes $55 million in bonding for the Missouri State Fair, $800,000 in ongoing funding for Missouri FFA and more than $330,800...

An economics and policy expert with the National Cotton Council says cotton growers are pleased with farm program updates included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Jody Campiche tells Brownfield a reference price boost was needed, because of the rise in production costs. “Right now, it’s set at 36.7...

A central Illinois potato grower says it’s been a good year. Kelsey Bess manages Neumiller-Sproule Farms, which grows over 1,000 acres of potatoes on the sandy, irrigated soils of Mason County. “We had a lot of rain up front during the planting season, which helped get our crop emerged and...

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U.S. House Passes Massive Tax Break and Spending Cut Bill, Sending It to Trump