30 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/30 15:51 The Board's Weakness Affected this Week's Cash Cattle Trade Heading into Thursday's market be on the lookout for any more developments in the cash cattle market and for the morning's export sales report. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex again rounded out the day i...
30 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Wed, October 30 Exchange rate was 1.388 down 0.0017 Chicago corn closed narrowly mixed. DEC24 HI 4.14 1/4 DEC25 HI 4.41 LOW 4.11 LOW 4.38 1/2 CLOSE4.11 1/2 Down 2 1/4 CLOSE 4.40 1/2 Up 3/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +DEC24+MAR25+MAR25 CK L...
30 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Wed, October 30 Exchange rate was 1.388 down 0.0017 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. JAN25 HI 9.92 3/4 NOV25 HI 10.29 1/2 LOW 9.77 1/4 LOW 10.15 3/4 CLOSE9.91 1/4 Up 12 1/4 CLOSE 10.27 1/4 Up 10 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JAN25+J...
30 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. has its first confirmed case of bird flu in swine. USDA said Wednesday it was investigating positive cases of H5N1 in a backyard farming operation in Oregon that has a mix of poultry and livestock, including swine. The USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories reportedly confirmed one case on Oct. 29, 2024, in o...
30 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Wednesday announced it is awarding $120 million to six fertilizer production projects through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP), according to a USDA news release. FPEP is funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and provides funding to independent business owners to help them modernize equipment, adop...