9 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- At a White House event Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other Biden administration officials told close to 100 farm and rural leaders from around the country that the Biden administration's work to help smaller ranchers and farmers is continuing in the last months in office -- and hinted, without mentioning the nam...
9 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/09 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 09, 2024 The following Market Rates are established to aid in the development of the Posted County Prices (PCPs) which are used by county Farm Services Agency (FSA) Offices for loan redemption purposes. Uses of these rates for other purposes may not...
9 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 10/09 06:14 Cattle Futures May Have Higher Cash Factored In Livestock futures extended gains Tuesday with cattle and hogs setting new highs for the move. Traders continue to support the markets as fundamentals are positive and the trend is up. Robin Schmahl DTN Contributing Analyst Cattle: Higher Futures: Mixed Liv...
9 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Continuing the trend of the past several weeks, average retail prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower than last month during the last week of September 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for two fertilizers were down significantly, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Leading fertilizer prices lower...
9 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 10/09 05:47 Grain Markets Higher Wednesday Morning on Technical Support, Good Demand Ahead of the USDA Report to be Released on Friday December corn is up 2 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 5 1/2 cents, December KC wheat is up 9 1/2 cents, December Chicago wheat is up 8 3/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is up ...