15 Jan 2025
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- John Deere's practices to restrict farmers from the ability to seek repairs for farm equipment including tractors have unfairly driven up equipment repair costs, the Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general in Minnesota and Illinois alleged in a new federal antitrust lawsuit filed Wednesday in Illinois. The lawsuit file...
15 Jan 2025
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 01/15/25 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 5,638 WEEK TO DATE: 6,116 STEERS LIVE FOB 2,753 200.00-201.00 200.00-201.00 200.98 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED 152 203.00-203.00 203.00-203.00 203.00 HEIFERS LIVE FOB 1,387 201.00-201.00 201.00-201.00 201.00 HEIFERS L...
15 Jan 2025
DTN Early Word Grains 01/15 05:50 Grain Markets Mixed with Corn, Soybeans Higher on South American Weather Concerns March corn is up 2 1/4 cents per bushel, March soybeans are up 2 1/2 cents, March KC wheat is down 4 1/2 cents, March Chicago wheat is down 1 3/4 cents and March Minneapolis wheat is down 1 1/2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Ana...
15 Jan 2025
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 01/15 06:16 Traders Are Optimistic Over Pork Demand Live cattle futures showed minor losses Tuesday as traders chose not to be aggressive buyers until cash provides direction. The January contract in feeder cattle led the way as the price spread widened. Hogs found solid buying interest with new contract highs in J...
15 Jan 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Republican state lawmakers, spurred by President-elect Donald Trump's annexation ideas, are now proposing to acquire counties from neighboring blue states. A state senator in the Iowa Legislature is introducing a bill that would allow Iowa to buy the bottom nine counties of Minnesota. State Sen. Mike Bousselot, a Republica...
15 Jan 2025
USDA Daily Market Rates 01/15 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: January 15, 2025 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...
15 Jan 2025
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 715 AM EST Wed Jan 15 2025 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 0115 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
15 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- It's a new year but virtually the same old retail prices for fertilizers. Continuing the same trend as at the end of 2024, prices for all eight major fertilizers saw no significant movement in either direction during the first week of January 2025. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. Average retail prices for fi...
14 Jan 2025
DTN Chart Technical Points 01/14 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 1/14/25 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT MAR 546.25 539.00 538.92 540.00 551.38 54.47 50.33 46.13 67 50 30 25 CBTWT MAY 558.25 551.13 550.94 551.28 561.56 55.20 51.01 46.54 70 52 33 2...
14 Jan 2025
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 01/14 15:52 Live Cattle Close Lower as Traders Wait to See What Happens in the Cash Market Still no bids or asking prices have surfaced in the fed cash cattle market but packer interest could begin to develop on Wednesday. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: It was a lackadaisical day for the livesto...