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 ...
21 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that people in Florida recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton may be eligible for food assistance through USDA’s Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (D-SNAP). Approximately 407,733 households in 24 Florida counties are estimated to be eligible for t...
21 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a Department-wide effort to support connectivity of wildlife habitat on working landscapes through the management of National Forests and voluntary conservation assistance on private agricultural lands. In a memorandum released this week, Vilsack detailed plans of the U.S.