It’s NAFB convention week for us here at Brownfield, and on this special edition of Agriculture Today, we’ll hear extended interview segments conducted by members of our team on topics of agricultural inputs, food security and global hunger, harvest reflections from the year 2024, and the outlook for U.S. biodiesel expansion projects. 

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Brownfield's Mark Dorenkamp recently visited with Nutrien Ag Solutions' senior vice president of retail for North America Rob Clayton. The company, headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada, serves farmers across the globe.

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Brownfield's Mark Dorenkamp visited with Nutrien Ag Solutions' senior director of agronomy and environmental sciences Paul Bonnett at the company's headquarters in Saskatchewan Canada.

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The Compeer Financial Appraisal Report discusses all things farm real estate including land prices, auction information, and appraisal analysis. In this episode, Compeer Financial Sr. Real Estate Appraiser Andy Weidner says he has a diverse ag portfolio for his appraisals in the northeastern portions of Illinois, including different types of land, properties, and livestock operations.

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Brownfield Commodity Market Reporter John Perkins has your look at the mixed trade in corn, wheat, cattle, and hogs, and the early losses for soybeans.

What to watch:

» Soybeans are down on lower bean oil.

» Corn and wheat are mixed ahead of the weekly crop numbers.

» Cattle are waiting for direct business to shape up.

» Hogs feel optimistic about demand.

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On this episode of Agriculture Today, we will learn about some 2024 harvest season reflections across different areas of the Corn Belt, planning efforts for the 2025 growing season, drought concerns for cattle producers, enhancing transparency throughout the food supply chain, how the corn and soybean markets will react to a second Trump administration, and how The Mosaic Company has recovered from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

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Brownfield's Mark Dorenkamp visited with Minnesota Farm Bureau president Dan Glessing at the Minnesota AgriGrowth Ag and Food Summit in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Brownfield Commodity Market Reporter John Perkins has your look at the mostly higher closes in cattle and hogs and the losses in soybeans, corn, and wheat.

Closing numbers:

» December corn $4.30 down $.01

» November soybeans $10.11 and ¾ down $.05

» December soybean meal $295.10 down $1.10

» December soybean oil 48.14 down 63 points

» December Chicago wheat $5.65 and ½ down $.07

» December live cattle $183.70, unchanged

» December lean hogs $81.77 up $1.35

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Brownfield's Brandon Peoples visited with Tyler Cozzens, of the Livestock Marketing Information Center, at the 2024 Nebraska Beef Industry Summit. Cozzens discussed current trends in the cattle market and provided an outlook for trade heading into 2025.

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Brownfield Commodity Market Reporter John Perkins has your look at the mixed opens in soybeans, cattle, and hogs and the lower starts in corn and wheat.

What to watch:

» Soybeans seeing some support from a lower yield guess.

» Corn and wheat focused on weather.

» Cattle are watching the distribution of the show list.

» Hogs want to see sustained domestic pork demand.

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