9 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced a more than $46 million investment in projects supporting America’s veteran, underserved, and beginning farmers and ranchers to help aspiring producers enter the business and improve their skills and knowledge to sustain their oper...
9 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/09/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB No reporta HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 127 W...
9 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- McDonald's alleges Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and other companies conspired to fix beef prices by limiting supplies starting in January 2015, in a new lawsuit filed in a federal court in New York. McDonald's' complaint said the companies implemented a conspiracy by "coordinating, manipulating, or agreeing to pay less than comp...
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...