1 Nov 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 11/01 10:53 Corn Futures Higher at Midday; Soybeans Flat-Higher; Wheat Mixed Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Friday; soybean futures are flat to 1 cent higher; wheat futures are narrowly mixed. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Friday; soyb...
1 Nov 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- The average daily close of the December corn futures contract was $4.16 during October, while the November soybean contract was $10.03 per bushel. The averages are an important piece of price discovery that underpins many crop insurance policies, which use the higher of either the harvest price or the spring projected pr...
1 Nov 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 11/01/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 622 WEEK TO DATE: 9,276 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 300 190.00-190.00 190.00-190.00 190.00 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA C...
1 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to invest nearly $6 million to improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is defending USDA's oversight of its loan guarantees and grants to small- and mid-sized processors after Republican lawmakers this week demanded accountability for $45.6 million provided to an Iowa broiler processor that shut down and forced the state of Iowa to cull 1.3 million healthy ch...