18 Sep 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 09/18 13:53 Corn, Wheat Markets Start Strong but Weaken after Aggressive Rate Cut; Soybeans Finish Firm Early Wednesday grain and soy markets opened very firm, led by November soybeans, which rose above the 50-day moving average for the first time since May. Although coming off the daily high, soybeans and bean oil were a...
18 Sep 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Staff directors for the chairs and ranking members of the House and Senate agriculture committees are meeting about the farm bill. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Pa., told DTN about farm-bill talks on Tuesday evening after each spo...
18 Sep 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 09/18 11:36 Live Cattle and Lean Hogs Sport Higher Prices into Wednesday's Noon Hour Still no cash cattle trade has developed, but packer interest could improve later this afternoon. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Both the live cattle and lean hog contracts are trading mostly higher into Wednesd...
18 Sep 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Eight years ago, sixth-generation farmer Zach Johnson from Lowry, Minnesota, couldn't have imagined the success he would have from uploading daily YouTube videos about his family's farming operation. Now well-known as the Millennial Farmer, the 40-year-old is using his online success to give back to his community, create awareness an...
18 Sep 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 09/18 10:45 Corn and Wheat Mixed at Midday; Soybeans Higher Corn futures are narrowly mixed; soybean futures are 3 to 4 cents higher; wheat futures are narrowly mixed. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are narrowly mixed; soybean futures are 3 to 4 cents higher; wheat futures are narrowly...
18 Sep 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 812 AM EDT Wed Sep 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 0918 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
18 Sep 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 09/18/24 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...
18 Sep 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in eight weeks, multiple average retail fertilizer prices showed considerable declines during the second week of September 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower compared to last month. In addition, three fertilizers had sizeable price declines. DTN de...
18 Sep 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 09/18 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: September 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 n...
18 Sep 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 09/18 06:15 Renewed Optimism May Support Futures Traders did not wait for cash cattle to trade and pushed futures higher. The expectations of at least steady cash increased the desire to move futures closer to cash. Hog futures broke out to the upside exceeding Tuesday's high and potentially resuming the uptrend. R...