19 Dec 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 12/19 11:33 Bids Have Surfaced for the Fed Cash Cattle Market Bids of $191 live and $305 dressed are currently being offered, but feedlot managers have their hopes sight on more money. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is again trading mixed as traders continue to push the cat...
19 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Friday's Dec. 1 USDA Cattle on Feed report will likely showcase supportive data for the cattle complex, as all three divisions -- on-feed, placed and marketed -- are expected to be lighter than a year ago. It will be especially interesting to see how much the placement data is affected. We know that not only are seasonal dynamics com...
19 Dec 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 12/19 10:43 Corn Futures Mixed at Midday; Soybeans Higher, Wheat Lower Corn futures are narrowly mixed at midday; soybean futures are 4 to 5 cents higher; wheat futures are 6 to 9 cents lower. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: The U.S. stock market is firmer at midday with the S & P 41 points higher. ...
19 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for four of the eight major fertilizers tracked by DTN were lower and prices for the other four were slightly higher during the second week of December 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. As has been the case in recent weeks, no fertilizer price saw a significant move, which DTN designates as anything 5...
19 Dec 2024
RAMSEY, Minn., Dec. 19, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced awards for more than $4.37 billion in clean energy investments through the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Empowering Rural America (New ERA) Program. Rural electric cooperatives will use the funding to support thousands of jobs, lower electricity cost...
19 Dec 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 712 AM EST Thu Dec 19 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 1219 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
19 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the second round of Regional Agricultural Promotion Program (RAPP) grants, which is intended to allocate $300 million to 67 partners once all legal and administrative requirements are satisfied, expanding American food and agricultural exports in emergi...
19 Dec 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 12/19/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 737 WEEK TO DATE: 2,370 STEERS LIVE FOB 67 191.00-191.00 191.00-191.00 191.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 276 191.00-191.00 191.00-191.00 191.00 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportabl...
19 Dec 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Since the beginning of the H5N1 influenza outbreak in dairy cows in March, more than 860 herds have been affected. To trace herds affected by the virus, testing began this week on Grade A milk intended for pasteurization. "We know currently the cases we are seeing are in California and Nevada as far as the dairy industry goe...
19 Dec 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 12/19 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: December 19, 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...