1 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/01 11:37 Traders Push the Livestock Complex Higher into Tuesday's Afternoon With boxed beef prices and pork cutout values higher, traders are eager to support the livestock complex. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is trading aggressively into Tuesday's noon hour as all th...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Hurricane Helene brought moisture to areas of the country where the rain was much needed. Helene brought improvements in pasture and range conditions despite her destruction, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Sept. 30. Parts of the East Coast and Ohio Valley see pastur...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/01 10:55 Corn, Wheat Futures are Higher at Midday; Soybeans Lower Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean futures are 1 to 2 cents lower; wheat futures are 8 to 12 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean...
1 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced new measures designed to protect threatened and endangered species from the effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. The measures announced include new product labels that contain additional protections and direct pesticide applicators to consult EPA's Bulletins Li...
1 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued a USDA proclamation to recognize October 2024 as the Department’s 60th anniversary of National Cooperative Month.
Since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA has invested more than $17 billion in loans and grants to spur economic develo...