18 Dec 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 12/18 11:50 Cattle Continue to Dip Lower While Hogs Trade Higher Some early bids have surfaced in Nebraska, but still no cattle have sold and won't likely until Thursday or Friday. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is again trading mixed into Wednesday's noon hour as the cattl...
18 Dec 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 12/18 12:04 Corn, Soybean Futures Lower at Midday; Wheat Mixed Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents lower at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 21 to 23 cents lower; wheat futures are narrowly mixed. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 2 to 3 cents lower at midday Wednesday; soybean futures...
18 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is making domestic fertilizer production investments in nine states to increase competition, lower fertilizer costs for American farmers and lower food costs for U.S. consumers.
18 Dec 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 713 AM EST Wed Dec 18 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 1218 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
18 Dec 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 12/18/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 38 WEEK TO DATE: 589 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 - ...
18 Dec 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 12/18 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: December 18, 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...
18 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 12/18 06:14 Livestock Traders Search For Price Direction Live cattle futures chopped around Tuesday as traders tried to find solid price direction. However, feeder cattle posted triple-digit gains, recovering the previous day's losses. Hog futures tried rebounding but traders were reluctant to buy aggressively with...
18 Dec 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Congress on Tuesday released the details of a disaster package that includes nearly $31 billion overall for farmers. The year-end funding bill congressional leaders released includes nearly $21 billion to help farmers recovering from natural disasters and another $10 billion in economic aid to crop producers. Congress late Tuesday re...
18 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 12/18 05:55 Grain Markets Higher in Corn, Wheat and Lower Again in Soybeans March corn is up 1 cent per bushel, January soybeans are down 9 1/4 cents, March KC wheat is up 2 cents, March Chicago wheat is up 2 cents and March Minneapolis wheat is up 3 1/4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY MORNING GLOBEX NET CHA...
18 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 start the countdown with No. 10: Labor unrest heats up in the ...