1 Nov 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- The average daily close of the December corn futures contract was $4.16 during October, while the November soybean contract was $10.03 per bushel. The averages are an important piece of price discovery that underpins many crop insurance policies, which use the higher of either the harvest price or the spring projected pr...
1 Nov 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 11/01/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 622 WEEK TO DATE: 9,276 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 300 190.00-190.00 190.00-190.00 190.00 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA C...
1 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced today that USDA is partnering with Reinvestment Fund to invest nearly $6 million to improve access to healthy foods in underserved communities across the country.
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is defending USDA's oversight of its loan guarantees and grants to small- and mid-sized processors after Republican lawmakers this week demanded accountability for $45.6 million provided to an Iowa broiler processor that shut down and forced the state of Iowa to cull 1.3 million healthy ch...
1 Nov 2024
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- USDA is planning to test raw bulk milk nationally for the H5N1 bird flu virus because of the growing number of cases during the past month in California dairy herds and the finding of a different strain of highly pathogenic avian influenza on a small Oregon farm that infected at least one pig. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vil...
1 Nov 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 825 AM EDT Fri Nov 1 2024 Values represent highs yesterday...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 NA=Not Available : .BR CLE 1101 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAI...
1 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that students eligible for free and reduced price school meals must not be charged junk fees along with the cost of a meal served through the School Breakfast Program and National School Lunch Program.
1 Nov 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 11/01 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: November 01, 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...
1 Nov 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 11/01 06:23 Livestock Futures May Drift Into Weekend Thursday cattle showed another day with traders holding back waiting for further direction from cash and boxed beef. Hog futures showed some unwinding of spreads, resulting in deferred contracts making new highs. Robin Schmahl DTN Contributing Analyst Cattle: Ste...
1 Nov 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 11/01 05:46 Grain Markets Higher Led by Strong World Veg-Oil Prices December corn is up 2 1/4 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 8 3/4 cents, December KC wheat is up 4 3/4 cents, December Chicago wheat is up 5 1/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is up 2 3/4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY MORNING...