26 Apr 2024
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced its final determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in raw breaded stuffed chicken products when they exceed a specific threshold (1 colony forming unit (CFU) per gram or higher) for Salmonella contamination.
26 Apr 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 04/26/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 505 WEEK TO DATE: 13,560 STEERS LIVE FOB 58 184.00-184.00 184.00-184.00 184.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA C...
26 Apr 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 04/26 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: April 26, 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 b...
26 Apr 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 04/26 06:13 Cash Cattle Trade Steady to Higher Cattle futures uncovered strong buying interest after higher cash trade developed in the North. That was enough to turn traders more bullish on the market. Hogs took a beating due to lower cash with packers likely finished buying for the week. Robin Schmahl DTN Contrib...
26 Apr 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 04/26 06:02 Grain Markets Slightly Lower After Strong Rebound Thursday July corn is down 1/2 cent per bushel, July soybeans are down 4 1/4 cents, July KC wheat is up 1/4 cent, July Chicago wheat is down 1 cent and July Minneapolis wheat is down 1 1/2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY MORNING GLOBEX NET CHANGES...
26 Apr 2024
Big Brother is watching! Every time you turn around, there is a new IRS form or government reporting obligation. Some of these are meant to prevent crimes; others are aimed at curbing tax abuse. Many questions about reporting obligations have come up during tax season, so I wanted to briefly touch upon some of them. The Corporate Transparency Act (...
25 Apr 2024
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/25 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 4/25/24 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 MAY 602.25 588.00 564.17 560.67 556.11 76.52 68.67 57.29 95 90 84 52 CBTWT JUL 620.50 605.94 580.89 576.57 568.78 77.44 69.98 58.69 95 91 86 5...
25 Apr 2024
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/25 15:50 Northern Dressed Cattle Trade $2.00 to $3.00 Higher With feedlots in the North able to sell cattle $2.00 to $3.00 higher -- the futures complex didn't bat an eye at trading higher. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: It was an excellent day for the cattle complex as cash cattle sales were...
25 Apr 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Thu, April 25 Exchange rate was 1.3653 down 0.0043 Chicago corn closed slightly higher. MAY24 HI 4.42 DEC24 HI 4.76 3/4 LOW 4.36 LOW 4.70 3/4 CLOSE4.41 Up 3 1/4 CLOSE 4.76 1/4 Up 3 1/2 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JUL24+JUL24+SEP24 CK Low 0...
25 Apr 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Thu, April 25 Exchange rate was 1.3653 down 0.0043 Chicago soybeans closed narrowly mixed. MAY24 HI 11.66 1/2 NOV24 HI 11.79 1/4 LOW 11.50 1/2 LOW 11.64 CLOSE11.62 3/4 Down 3 1/4 CLOSE 11.75 1/2 Up 1 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAY24+JUL2...