14 Nov 2024
MILWAUKEE (DTN) -- Agricultural lenders are less optimistic that their farmer borrowers will remain profitable this year. A decline in profitability overall concerns bankers, though that varies by region and commodities. Lenders to livestock producers are more optimistic than bankers lending to crop producers. Overall, lenders also are concerned pr...
14 Nov 2024
Mid-November weather news postings largely feature rain and snow, along with continued tropical weather formation. But drought is important, too -- and research on the western United States drought of 2020-22 finds higher temperatures caused by increased greenhouse gases turned an ordinary drought into an exceptional drought. The research project a...
14 Nov 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 11/14/24 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 1,257 WEEK TO DATE: 1,614 STEERS LIVE FOB 330 185.00-185.00 185.00-185.00 185.00 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 703 185.00-185.00 185.00-185.00 185.00 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No report...
14 Nov 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is funding new projects in nearly every state to lower costs, expand access to clean energy and strengthen American farms and small businesses.
14 Nov 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 737 AM EST Thu Nov 14 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 1114 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFD...
14 Nov 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 11/14 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: November 14, 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...
14 Nov 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 11/14 06:15 Cash Cattle Trade Expected Thursday Cattle futures were choppy Wednesday, lacking any specific direction. No further cash sales took place, leaving traders guessing. Hogs came back nicely from the lows and the negativity that was prevalent in the market for much of Wednesday. Robin Schmahl DTN Contribut...
14 Nov 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 11/14 05:45 Grain Markets Mixed as Recent Correction Continues December corn is up 1/4 cent per bushel, January soybeans are up 2 1/2 cents, December KC wheat is down 1 1/4 cents, December Chicago wheat is down 1 1/2 cents and December Minneapolis wheat is up 1 3/4 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY MORNING GLO...
14 Nov 2024
Beef producers can now get more than a Big Mac from McDonald's. The fast-food giant announced on Thursday a collaboration with Syngenta and one of its protein suppliers, Lopez Feeds, that will incentivize cattlemen in the U.S. to use Enogen corn in their feed rations. In return, this collaboration will pay producers 4 cents per head per day on feed...
14 Nov 2024
MILWAUKEE (DTN) -- The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation told bankers on Wednesday that farm groups would push for a disaster relief and economic package as a higher priority in the lame-duck session of Congress than passing a farm bill. Zippy Duvall, a Georgia farmer, spoke to the American Bankers Association's annual Agricultural B...