Entries for October 2019
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3 Oct 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/03 12:13 Still Looking for a Direction As the noon hour quickly approaches, Thursday has yet to answer any of this week's questions, merely showing more back and forth trade with little indication as to whether or not more can be expected. For cattle markets, a lot will depend on how the cash market plays out. By Sh...
3 Oct 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter In my last column, I asked if anyone had any experience with Leader tractors, a name that appeared a couple different times on different tractors. This was after seeing a 1940s Leader tractor at a museum on our family vacation this summer in Branson, Missouri. I guess the answer was "No" because I didn't hear from an...
3 Oct 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 10/03 11:10 Grain Trade Mixed at Midday Choppy quiet trade at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market is mixed with the Dow down 20. The dollar index is 30 points lower. Interest rate products are weaker. Energies are weaker with crude down $0.60. Livestock trade is mostly low...
3 Oct 2019
October 3, 2019 Portland Price Trends 10-01-18 01-01-19 09-01-19 09-26-19 10-03-19 #1 SWW (bu) 6.15 6.15 5.70 5.92 5.97 White Club 6.15 6.15 5.70 5.92 5.97 DNS 14% 6.67 6.59 5.67 6.69 6.52 HRW 11.5% 6.36 6.39 5.20 5.58 5.54 #2 Corn (ton) 157.00 168.00 162.00 170.00 172.00 #2 Barley 140.00 140.00 140.00 150.00 150.00 Wheat...The mid-week retreat acr...
3 Oct 2019
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3, 2019 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary Scott Hutchins announced today that the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has invested $11 million in research that will support specialty crop farmers.