9 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Hybrid seed corn doesn't hap...
9 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The real estate arm of the Mormon Church is growing larger this month after another company announced a deal to sell it 46 farms totaling 41,554 acres for $289 million in an all-cash deal. Denver-based publicly traded real estate investment trust Farmland Partners Inc. is selling the 46 farms across eight states to Utah-based Farmlan...
9 Oct 2024
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland OH 840 AM EDT Wed Oct 9 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 1009 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAIRZP/PPDRZZ/SFDR...
9 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announces a first-ever regional cadre of USDA Tribal College Liaisons. Three new liaisons serve regions where Tribal colleges are located (Central Plains, Southwest, and Rocky Mountain regions). The liaisons share information on USDA programs and services with Tribal college stude...
9 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced a more than $46 million investment in projects supporting America’s veteran, underserved, and beginning farmers and ranchers to help aspiring producers enter the business and improve their skills and knowledge to sustain their oper...
9 Oct 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 10/09/24 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 reporta HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 127 W...
9 Oct 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- McDonald's alleges Cargill, JBS, Tyson Foods and other companies conspired to fix beef prices by limiting supplies starting in January 2015, in a new lawsuit filed in a federal court in New York. McDonald's' complaint said the companies implemented a conspiracy by "coordinating, manipulating, or agreeing to pay less than comp...
9 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- At a White House event Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and other Biden administration officials told close to 100 farm and rural leaders from around the country that the Biden administration's work to help smaller ranchers and farmers is continuing in the last months in office -- and hinted, without mentioning the nam...
9 Oct 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 10/09 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: October 09, 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...
9 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Continuing the trend of the past several weeks, average retail prices for seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower than last month during the last week of September 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for two fertilizers were down significantly, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Leading fertilizer prices lower...