16 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 10/16 15:55 Cattle Close Mostly Lower; Hogs Rally Through Wednesday's Close Heading into Thursday's market, packer interest should improve throughout the cash cattle complex. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Both the live cattle and feeder cattle contracts remained mostly lower throughout Wednesda...
16 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Wed, October 16 Exchange rate was 1.3738 down 0.0033 Chicago corn closed slightly higher. DEC24 HI 4.06 3/4 DEC25 HI 4.40 LOW 4.01 LOW 4.36 1/4 CLOSE4.04 3/4 Up 3 1/2 CLOSE 4.38 1/2 Up 1 1/2 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +DEC24+MAR25+MAR25 CK...
16 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Wed, October 16 Exchange rate was 1.3738 down 0.0033 Chicago soybeans closed slightly lower. NOV24 HI 10.01 1/2 NOV25 HI 10.41 3/4 LOW 9.78 1/4 LOW 10.27 1/2 CLOSE9.80 Down 11 CLOSE 10.29 1/4 Down 6 1/2 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +NOV24+J...
16 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/16 13:46 Grain Mixed as Market Attempts to Catch Itself Grain markets had mixed results Wednesday as it appears the short-term oversold conditions of the market had traders covering some of their shorts. Overall, it was a quiet midweek session and there remains little in the way of bullish fundamental news to prop up p...
16 Oct 2024
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Jerry Hagstrom, DTN Correspondent This article was originally posted at 1:21 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 16. It was updated with additional information at 4 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 16. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The Harris-Walz campaign is making a bigger push to chip away at former President Donald Trump's su...
16 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/16 11:54 Lackadaisical Tones Leave Livestock Complex Mixed at Wednesday's Noon Hour No cash cattle trade has developed at this point Wednesday, but packer interest could improve throughout the day. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Thus far it's been a mixed day for the livestock complex as trad...
16 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/16 10:55 Corn, Wheat Futures are Higher at Midday; Soybeans Lower Corn futures are 3 to 4 cents higher at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 1 to 2 cents lower; wheat futures are 5 to 6 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 3 to 4 cents higher at midday Wednesday; soyb...
16 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2024 — The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture today announced a final rule to strengthen Alaska Tribal representation on the Federal Subsistence Board (FSB), which manages subsistence use on federal lands and waters in Alaska. The final changes to the FSB reflect the meaningful role of Tribal consultation and the Biden...
16 Oct 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Drought conditions persist in southern Nebraska with areas seeing little or no rain during the past 60 days. For cattle producers, these conditions lead to tough decisions on weaning early, culling cows, and properly managing rangeland for future use. Lori Hallowell, who owns HJ Bar Ranch near Palmyra, Nebraska, with her hus...
16 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- A voter referendum on the regulation of carbon pipelines in South Dakota is pitting landowners against a pipeline project considered a key cog in helping ethanol plants lower their carbon emissions. Along with everything else on the ballot Nov. 5, voters in South Dakota will vote on Referred Law 21 -- whether to keep or reject a stat...