Entries for February 2025
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28 Feb 2025
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Prices for beef and eggs are steady to increasing from the previous year due to small inventories and disease pressure. This shows a decrease in per capita consumption of the two, while pork and broiler consumption is projected to increase in 2025, according to the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Livestock, ...
28 Feb 2025
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Crop insurance will provide better risk protection for corn growers this year, which leaves farmers exposed to heavier losses on soybeans and supports ideas that farmers could plant up to 94 million acres of corn in 2025. The spring projected prices, which are computed using the average daily close of the November soybean...
28 Feb 2025
DTN Chart Technical Points 02/28 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 2/28/25 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 537.00 555.63 574.86 577.89 558.76 27.35 35.71 43.67 3 9 31 56 CBTWT MAY 555.75 571.44 589.75 591.74 571.64 28.44 36.98 44.80 4 9 32 57 KC...
28 Feb 2025
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 02/28 15:33 The Scales Tip and Livestock Contracts Close Sharply Lower Friday Afternoon Upon seeing cash cattle prices trade lower, both the live cattle and feeder cattle markets closed significantly lower Friday. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: It was a painful day for the entire livestock compl...
28 Feb 2025
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- In the West, the Hereford cow can get the job done under nearly every condition, which is why Herefords continue to be king at Copeland & Sons Herefords in Nara Visa, New Mexico. This multi-generational family operation in northeast New Mexico is the focus for DTN's 2025 View From the Range. Throughout the year we will follo...