31 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Thu, October 31 Exchange rate was 1.3891 up 0.0011 Chicago corn closed narrowly mixed. DEC24 HI 4.12 3/4 DEC25 HI 4.42 1/2 LOW 4.09 1/4 LOW 4.39 1/4 CLOSE4.10 3/4 Down 3/4 CLOSE 4.40 3/4 Up 1/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +DEC24+MAR25+MAR25...
31 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Thu, October 31 Exchange rate was 1.3891 up 0.0011 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. JAN25 HI 9.99 1/4 NOV25 HI 10.34 3/4 LOW 9.88 1/4 LOW 10.24 3/4 CLOSE9.94 1/2 Up 3 1/4 CLOSE 10.33 Up 5 3/4 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JAN25+JAN2...
31 Oct 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 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 price...
31 Oct 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- USDA is planning to test raw bulk milk nationally for the H5N1 bird flu virus because of the growing number of cases during the past month in California dairy herds and the finding of a different strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a small Oregon farm that infected at least one pig. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil...
31 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/31 13:43 Corn, Soybeans Close Mixed, Wheat Lower in Halloween Trade It was another mostly quiet day of position-squaring in the grain markets as soybeans closed up but slightly off their highs. Corn acted early like it wanted to follow soybeans lead but was dragged slightly lower by wheat. Wheat remains the most volati...