21 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Mon, October 21 Exchange rate was 1.3812 up 0.0022 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. NOV24 HI 9.83 3/4 NOV25 HI 10.28 LOW 9.69 LOW 10.18 1/4 CLOSE9.81 Up 11 CLOSE 10.25 1/2 Up 5 1/2 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +NOV24+JAN25+JAN25 CK ...
21 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Total acreage enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is now the highest level in a decade as the program evolves and focuses more on grazing acres than at any time in its history. USDA on Monday announced it was issuing CRP checks for approximately $1.7 billion in payments this month. Checks for CRP should have been issue...
21 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/21 13:43 Grain Futures Open Week Higher, Aided by China Stimulus Efforts The grain markets Monday benefitted from bargain buying as corn, soybeans, and wheat all recaptured some of their Friday losses. Announcements of Chinese interest rate cuts and other stimulus efforts lent a bullish tone to the soybean market Monda...
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.
21 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/21/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 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 - TOD...
21 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/21 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 21, 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...