20 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the final approximately $300 million in assistance to distressed direct and guaranteed farm loan borrowers under Section 22006 of the Inflation Reduction Act. Over the past two years, USDA acted swiftly to assist distressed borrowers in retaining their land and continui...
20 Dec 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 727 AM EST Fri Dec 20 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 1220 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
20 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is soliciting nominations for membership to the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF).
20 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- After a week of drama surrounding the details, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to approve a short-term funding bill for the government that includes close to $31 billion in aid for farmers to deal with natural disasters and economic challenges. The bill would fund the federal government to operate through mid-March....
20 Dec 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 12/20/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 307 WEEK TO DATE: 2,888 STEERS LIVE FOB 102 191.00-191.00 191.00-191.00 191.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 205 191.00-191.00 191.00-191.00 191.00 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportab...
20 Dec 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 12/20 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: December 20, 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 no...
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...