30 Oct 2024
This article was originally published at 3:41 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 29. It was updated with comments from MFA Inc. at 10:26 a.m. CDT on Wednesday, Oct. 30. ** LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A grain facility in Hamilton, Missouri, owned by the cooperative MFA Inc. could have prevented an employee's fatal engulfment in a storage bin in May 2024 had it fo...
30 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is issuing payments this week to agricultural producers impacted by natural disasters, including $143 million in crop insurance indemnities for Florida producers impacted by Hurricane Milton and about $92 million for livestock producers, nationwide, who faced increased supplement...
30 Oct 2024
MANITOWOC, Wis., Oct. 30, 2024 – During a visit to Dramm Corp. today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the Biden-Harris Administration is making investments that will strengthen American farms and businesses by expanding innovative domestic fertilizer production and increasing independent me...
30 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/30/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 5,017 WEEK TO DATE: 6,047 STEERS LIVE FOB 2,381 190.00-190.00 190.00-190.00 190.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 889 189.00-190.00 189.00-190.00 189.90 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No repo...
30 Oct 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 842 AM EDT Wed Oct 30 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 1030 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TA...
30 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/30 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 30, 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 not...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 10/30 06:19 Cattle Contracts May See Further Pressure Wednesday Cattle futures closed lower Tuesday and hog futures closed higher. There was little fundamental reason for cattle to be under pressure other than the weakness of boxed beef. Hogs continue to enjoy good demand and packer aggressiveness. Robin Schmahl DT...
30 Oct 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 10/30 05:45 Grain Markets Mixed With Soybeans Bouncing, Wheat and Corn Lower December corn is down 1 3/4 cents per bushel, January soybeans are up 2 cents, December KC wheat is down 7 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 4 3/4 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is down 5 1/2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARL...
30 Oct 2024
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread drought conditions continue across the country and are more severe than last year, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service report for the week ending Oct. 28. Even with very few major shifts in pasture and range conditions across the country, moisture is lacking across much of the U.S. N...
30 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for the major fertilizers were mixed again during the third week of October 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. A week after prices were evenly split with four higher and four lower, prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. No fertilizer had a noticeable price i...