28 Aug 2024
WASHINGTON, August 28, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the availability of an updated guideline that makes recommendations to strengthen the documentation that supports animal-raising or environment-related claims on meat or poultry product labeling.
28 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly lower, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third full week of August 2024. One fertilizer was slightly higher compared to a month ago. For the fifth week in a row, no fertilizer price showed a substantial move in either direction. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% o...
28 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/28 11:54 Hogs Continue to Trade Higher While Cattle Stalemate No bids or asking prices have surfaced yet in the cash market as feedlot managers are hoping if they wait the week out cattle may trade steady. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is trading mixed into Wednesday's ...
28 Aug 2024
BOONE, IA, Aug. 28, 2024 – At the annual Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is partnering with American business owners to expand innovative domestic fertilizer production, creating jobs in rural communities and strengthening local economies.
28 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/28 10:51 Wheat Futures Higher at Midday; Soybeans Lower; Corn Flat-Lower Corn futures are flat to 1 cent lower at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 6 to 8 cents lower; wheat futures are 6 to 7 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are flat to 1 cent lower at midday Wednes...
28 Aug 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- HB4 wheat, a drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat variety, can be safely grown and bred in the United States, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The agency's determination makes the U.S. the fourth country in the world to green-light production of HB4 wheat, following Argent...
28 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has until next week to release a proposed rulemaking for 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard volumes or face more litigation from at least one national ethanol interest group. DTN reported in April 2024 that the White House's unified agenda pushed an already-late 2026 RFS proposal back to a M...
28 Aug 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/28/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 36 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TO...
28 Aug 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 818 AM EDT Wed Aug 28 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 0828 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
28 Aug 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 08/28 06:23 Higher Cattle Futures Leave Feedlots Hopeful Traders were aggressive buyers in the livestock futures Tuesday. Cattle continued to correct from being oversold. Some positive technical indicators also supported the buying interest. Hogs also seem to have found some technical buying support, which will hop...