30 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/30 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 30, 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...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 10/30 06:19 Cattle Contracts May See Further Pressure Wednesday Cattle futures closed lower Tuesday and hog futures closed higher. There was little fundamental reason for cattle to be under pressure other than the weakness of boxed beef. Hogs continue to enjoy good demand and packer aggressiveness. Robin Schmahl DT...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 10/30 05:45 Grain Markets Mixed With Soybeans Bouncing, Wheat and Corn Lower December corn is down 1 3/4 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 2 cents, December KC wheat is down 7 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 4 3/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is down 5 1/2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARL...
30 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for the major fertilizers were mixed again during the third week of October 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. A week after prices were evenly split with four higher and four lower, prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. No fertilizer had a noticeable price i...
30 Oct 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread drought conditions continue across the country and are more severe than last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Oct. 28. Even with very few major shifts in pasture and range conditions across the country, moisture is lacking across much of the U.S. N...