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A commodities economist says demand, not weather, has been driving the grain markets. Arlan Suderman with StoneX Group says the heat dome hasn’t been a major threat to the Corn Belt, and attention is shifting to China as they follow through on their purchase commitments. “They’re behind some recent years, but they’re heading in the The post Grain markets are being driven by demand, trade and geopolitics appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Construction on the new Michael L. Parson area is wrapping up this month in mid-Missouri, just in time for the Missouri State Fair. Ag Director Chris Chinn tells Brownfield there will be a grand opening the first day of the fair. “The Clydesdales will be there from Anheuser-Busch,” she says. “But more importantly, we will The post New Missouri State Fair arena to debut with grand opening appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

The U.S. Trade Representative is imposing 25 percent retaliatory tariffs on Brazilian goods following its Section 301 Investigation, including ethanol. Arlan Suderman with StoneX Group tells Brownfield, “They have a rapidly expanding ethanol demand base.” “They’re now at 32 percent ethanol-blended gas. We somehow can’t get past 10 percent,” he says. Products including beef, fish, The post Leaders say reciprocal Brazilian tariffs good for ethanol, questionable for beef appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     

Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying, cementing weekly gains. Ahead of Friday’s open, the USDA announced the sales of 340,000 tons of U.S. beans to China, 256,634 tons to Mexico, and 120,000 tons to unknown destinations, all for 2026/27 delivery. That was welcome news after a couple of days without any reported new The post Weather helps fuel Friday gains in soybeans, corn, wheat appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.