30 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Wednesday announced it is awarding $120 million to six fertilizer production projects through the Fertilizer Production Expansion Program (FPEP), according to a USDA news release. FPEP is funded by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) and provides funding to independent business owners to help them modernize equipment, adop...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/30 13:35 Wheat, Soybeans Show Midweek Strength; Corn Slips Slightly Grain markets were mixed Wednesday as month-end position-squaring and technical recovery had soybeans posting double-digit gains after setting new lows for the move Tuesday. Wheat is the only grain with meaningful current fundamental news, as poor wint...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/30 11:42 Bids of $190 Live and $295 Dressed Surface Bids of $190 and $295 dressed have surfaced as the market nears Wednesday's noon hour, but still no cattle have traded. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The cattle complex is keeping with its lower trend as trades remain skeptical of the marke...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/30 10:57 Soybean, Wheat Futures Higher at Midday; Corn Flat-Lower Corn futures are flat to 2 cents lower at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 9 to 11 cents higher; wheat futures are 3 to 5 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are flat to 2 cents lower at midday Wednesday...
30 Oct 2024
This article was originally published at 3:41 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 29. It was updated with comments from MFA Inc. at 10:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 30. ** LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A grain facility in Hamilton, Missouri, owned by the cooperative MFA Inc. could have prevented an employee's fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it fo...
30 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing payments this week to agricultural producers impacted by natural disasters, including $143 million in crop insurance indemnities for Florida producers impacted by Hurricane Milton and about $92 million for livestock producers, nationwide, who faced increased supplement...
30 Oct 2024
MANITOWOC, Wis., Oct. 30, 2024 – During a visit to Dramm Corp. today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is making investments that will strengthen American farms and businesses by expanding innovative domestic fertilizer production and increasing independent me...
30 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/30/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 5,017 WEEK TO DATE: 6,047 STEERS LIVE FOB 2,381 190.00-190.00 190.00-190.00 190.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 889 189.00-190.00 189.00-190.00 189.90 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No repo...
30 Oct 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 842 AM EDT Wed Oct 30 2024 Values represent highs yesterday...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 NA=Not Available : .BR CLE 1030 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TA...
30 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/30 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 30, 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...