20 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 12/20 06:07 Traders Look Ahead to the Cattle on Feed Report Most of the livestock complex closed in the red on Thursday. Cattle likely saw pressure as traders positioned themselves ahead of the Cattle on Feed report. Hogs were lower but the losses were limited with May and June contracts posting slight gains suppor...
20 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 12/20 05:46 Grain Markets Higher as Both Soybeans, Brazilian Real Try to Correct Steep Losses March corn is up 2 3/4 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 7 cents, March KC wheat is up 3 cents, March Chicago wheat is up 1 1/2 cents and March Minneapolis wheat is up 5 1/4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY M...
20 Dec 2024
Editor's Note: Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the Top 10 ag news stories of the year as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. This year, we're counting them down from Dec. 18 to Dec. 31. On Jan. 1, 2025, we will look at some of the runners-up for the year. Today, we continue the countdown with No. 8: the U.S. cattle market's pe...
19 Dec 2024
Editor's Note: This story was updated 6:49 p.m. Dec. 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The House voted down a funding bill on Thursday evening even after President-elect Donald Trump declared his support for the new package. The House rejected the bill, a Continuing Resolution (CR) on a 174-235 vote. The bill would have funded the federal government through mi...
19 Dec 2024
DTN Chart Technical Points 12/19 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 12/19/24 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 MAR 533.00 542.31 551.53 551.81 569.89 22.14 28.50 36.76 7 7 15 33 CBTWT MAY 543.50 552.69 561.31 561.26 579.87 23.46 29.38 36.93 5 5 17 34 K...
19 Dec 2024
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/19 15:23 Cash Cattle Trade Steady to $2.00 Higher Throughout the afternoon Southern live cattle traded at $191 which is fully steady with last week's weighted average and Northern dressed cattle traded for $305 which is $2.00 higher than last week's weighted average. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMM...
19 Dec 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Thu, December 19 Exchange rate was 1.4334 down 0.0024 Chicago corn closed slightly higher. MAR25 HI 4.41 DEC25 HI 4.35 LOW 4.35 3/4 LOW 4.31 CLOSE4.40 3/4 Up 3 1/2 CLOSE 4.34 3/4 Up 1 3/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAR25+MAR25+MAY25 CK Lo...
19 Dec 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Thu, December 19 Exchange rate was 1.4334 down 0.0024 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. JAN25 HI 9.64 3/4 NOV25 HI 9.78 1/2 LOW 9.45 1/4 LOW 9.61 CLOSE9.63 Up 11 1/4 CLOSE 9.76 3/4 Up 11 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JAN25+MAR25+MAR2...
19 Dec 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 12/19 13:45 Ag Markets Recover Slightly From Wednesday Selloff Ag commodities were mixed for most of the session on Thursday following an ugly day for price action Wednesday led by a bearish soy complex. Soybeans Thursday posted a modest recovery after trimming a quarter off nearby prices Wednesday, with soymeal and soy o...
19 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a $4.5 million investment to create three additional USDA Nutrition Hubs. The hubs will support effective, translatable and scalable approaches to advance food and nutrition security and reduce the burden of diet-related chronic diseases, especially in underserved...