23 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 10/23 06:24 Hog Futures Continue to Find Support Traders were optimistic in the livestock complex Tuesday. Live cattle futures regained the losses of the past weeks with feeder cattle trying to erase the recent losses. Hog futures agin pushed to new contract highs in February through October contracts. Robin Schmah...
23 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 fifth story of...
23 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Midwestern states see deteriorating pasture conditions in need of moisture, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ended Oct. 21. While much of the country needs moisture, certain areas continue to see pastures move into very-poor-to-poor conditions. Nebraska moved to the negative side with...
23 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 10/23 05:49 Grain Markets Lower, Correcting Recent Gains in Corn, Soybeans December corn is down 3/4 cent per bushel, November soybeans are down 4 1/2 cents, December KC wheat is down 5 3/4 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 5 1/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is down 4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EA...
23 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Average prices for half of the major fertilizers tracked by DTN were higher compared to last month, according to retail fertilizer sellers surveyed for the second week of October. The latest average prices collected show a break in a recent multi-week trend of falling prices for seven of eight fertilizers tracked by DTN. No s...