21 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Total acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is now the highest level in a decade as the program evolves and focuses more on grazing acres than at any time in its history. USDA on Monday announced it was issuing CRP checks for approximately $1.7 billion in payments this month. Checks for CRP should have been issue...
21 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/21 13:43 Grain Futures Open Week Higher, Aided by China Stimulus Efforts The grain markets Monday benefitted from bargain buying as corn, soybeans, and wheat all recaptured some of their Friday losses. Announcements of Chinese interest rate cuts and other stimulus efforts lent a bullish tone to the soybean market Monda...
21 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Today, in our fourth story o...
21 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/21 11:49 Cattle Trade Remains Cautious While Hogs Charge Onward The livestock complex is off to another mixed week as the cattle contracts are trading lower as they wait to see what develops fundamentally from the fed cash cattle market, but the lean hog market is trading fully higher. Rick Kment DTN Analyst GENERAL...
21 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/21 10:50 Corn, Soybean, Wheat Futures Higher at Midday Corn futures are 5 to 6 higher at midday Monday; soybean futures are 6 to 8 cents higher; wheat futures are 2 to 6 cents higher David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 5 to 6 higher at midday Monday; soybean futures are 6 to 8 cents ...