1 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Tue, October 1 Exchange rate was 1.347 down 0.0028 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. NOV24 HI 10.65 1/2 NOV25 HI 11.01 3/4 LOW 10.45 LOW 10.84 CLOSE10.57 1/4 Up 1/4 CLOSE 10.95 3/4 Up 1 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +NOV24+JAN25+JAN25...
1 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Tue, October 1 Exchange rate was 1.347 down 0.0028 Chicago corn closed slightly to moderately higher. DEC24 HI 4.32 1/2 DEC24 HI 4.32 1/2 LOW 4.21 3/4 LOW 4.21 3/4 CLOSE4.29 Up 4 1/4 CLOSE 4.29 Up 4 1/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +DEC24+MA...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/01 13:51 Wheat, Soybean Meal Surge With Corn Firmer, Soybean Oil Weaker Wheat and soybean meal markets took off Tuesday. Wheat got a boost from a strong Paris milling wheat market and the ongoing dryness in Russian wheat areas. October soymeal rallied for the third consecutive day to the highest level since mid-June. C...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/01 11:37 Traders Push the Livestock Complex Higher into Tuesday's Afternoon With boxed beef prices and pork cutout values higher, traders are eager to support the livestock complex. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is trading aggressively into Tuesday's noon hour as all th...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Hurricane Helene brought moisture to areas of the country where the rain was much needed. Helene brought improvements in pasture and range conditions despite her destruction, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Sept. 30. Parts of the East Coast and Ohio Valley see pastur...
1 Oct 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/01 10:55 Corn, Wheat Futures are Higher at Midday; Soybeans Lower Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean futures are 1 to 2 cents lower; wheat futures are 8 to 12 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean...
1 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced new measures designed to protect threatened and endangered species from the effects of the insecticide chlorpyrifos. The measures announced include new product labels that contain additional protections and direct pesticide applicators to consult EPA's Bulletins Li...
1 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued a USDA proclamation to recognize October 2024 as the Department’s 60th anniversary of National Cooperative Month.
Since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA has invested more than $17 billion in loans and grants to spur economic develo...
1 Oct 2024
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- A writing mentor once advised "teach, don't preach" when writing about agriculture. The advice is hard to follow when it comes to soybean cyst nematode (SCN). No other pest hurts the soybean bottom line like SCN. After decades of preaching about the need for testing, there's still work to be done encouraging farmers to learn ...
1 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/01/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TOD...