19 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 12/19 06:09 Cattle Traders Await Cash Trade The cattle complex posted losses across the board as cash has not traded giving the impression the packers may not be short-bought. Hog futures showed gains supported by packer aggressiveness and higher pork values. Robin Schmahl DTN Contributing Analyst Cattle: Steady Fu...
19 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 12/19 05:47 Grain Markets Mixed to Mostly Lower After Very Poor Performance Wednesday March corn is down 3/4 cent per bushel, January soybeans are down 1/4 cent, March KC wheat is down 6 1/4 cents, March Chicago wheat is down 9 cents and March Minneapolis wheat is down 4 1/4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY M...
19 Dec 2024
Editor's Note: Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the Top 10 ag news stories of the year as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. This year, we're counting them down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 31. On Jan. 1, 2025, we will look at some of the runners-up for the year. Today, we continue the countdown with No. 9: A federal court vacated the...
18 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Less than a day after details were released, the entire funding bill for the federal government -- and nearly $31 billion in disaster and economic aid to farmers -- appeared to fall apart Wednesday because President-elect Donald Trump, Vice-President-elect JD Vance and their adviser, Elon Musk, all want to kill the overall bill. In a...
18 Dec 2024
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/18 16:12 Live Cattle Face Some Technical Push Back The cash cattle market could see better interest on Thursday, but it wouldn't be surprising to see trade delayed until Friday either. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The live cattle complex struggled the most throughout the day as technical pr...