17 Jul 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 07/17/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 5,116 WEEK TO DATE: 6,195 STEERS LIVE FOB 1,185 187.00-188.00 187.00-188.00 187.53 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED 509 192.00-194.00 192.00-194.00 193.49 HEIFERS LIVE FOB 501 185.00-188.00 185.00-188.00 187.57 HEIFERS LIV...
17 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- After a week of attacks on social media, Deere & Co. on Tuesday announced the farm machinery manufacturer would change its polices around sponsorships and would no longer support certain "external or cultural awareness" events while dropping "socially-motivated messages" from policies. Deere stated it has never had "diversity quotas"...
17 Jul 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 822 AM EDT Wed Jul 17 2024 Values represent highs yesterday and lows over the last 12 hours and precipitation over the last 24 hours ending at 7 AM EST/8 AM EDT. M = Missing Data T = Trace .BR CLE 0717 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
17 Jul 2024
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the names of individuals who hold senior staff positions in Washington, D.C.
Eric Deeble has been promoted to Deputy Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs
17 Jul 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 07/17 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: July 17, 2024 The following Market Rates are established to aid in the development of the Posted County Prices (PCPs) which are used by county Farm Services Agency (FSA) Offices for loan redemption purposes. Uses of these rates for other purposes may not be...
17 Jul 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers continued to be lower than last month during the second week of July 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Though prices for all fertilizers were down, just two fertilizers saw sizable price declines, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Both anhydrous and UAN32 were...
17 Jul 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 07/17 06:21 Hog May See Further Short-Covering Wednesday Cattle futures closed higher Tuesday but the interest seemed to lack conviction and rightly so due to the weakness of boxed beef and the upcoming Cattle on Feed report. Hogs finally had a strong day with nearby months outpacing deferred contracts. Robin Schma...
17 Jul 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 07/17 05:45 Grain Markets Higher on Strong Demand and Seven-day Forecast That Turns Drier for Much of the Corn Belt December corn is up 3 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 4 1/2 cents, September KC wheat is up 5 1/2 cents, September Chicago wheat is up 2 1/2 cents and September Minneapolis wheat is up 5 1/2 cents. Ken...
16 Jul 2024
DTN Chart Technical Points 07/16 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 7/16/24 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT SEP 530.75 546.31 561.53 568.43 633.48 26.97 29.93 36.76 5 12 5 11 CBTWT DEC 555.50 570.69 585.47 591.92 657.09 26.60 29.41 36.36 5 12 6 11 KC...
16 Jul 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- About one in four farmers in the United States turn to binge drinking in response to high stress levels, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Georgia. What's more, the study that included a survey of 1,045 farmers found them turning to alcohol because of stigma among the farming community and...