Entries for November 2019
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14 Nov 2019
DTN Closing Grain Comments 11/14 13:54 Row Crops Slightly Higher on Quiet Thursday December corn and January soybeans saw slight gains on a quiet day of trading, but in the case of soybeans, it was enough to keep prices above their 100-day average. All three wheats were modestly lower, also on light volume.
14 Nov 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 11/14 12:13 Down Wednesday & Undecided Thursday Live cattle contracts and feeder cattle contracts are starting to rebound from Wednesday 's hasty setback, but lean hog contracts aren't jumping on the band wagon just yet. By ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Comments Feeder cattle contracts led the complex lo...
14 Nov 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 11/14 11:13 Grains Mixed at Midday Corn is flat to higher, with wheat and soybeans lower at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market is mixed with the Dow down 45. The dollar index is 15 lower. Interest rate products are weaker. Energies are mixed with crude flat. Livestock tra...
14 Nov 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor Throw a crop-production question at Brad and Jacob Wade, and it can quickly escalate into a debate. When asked to rank the top things that determine soybean yield success, Jacob immediately countered: "Volume yield or economic yield?" "Are they the same thing?" his father, Brad, challeng...
14 Nov 2019
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst This may be a year simply characterized by the John Wayne quote, "All battles are fought by scared men who'd rather be someplace else." Cattlemen wanting to be somewhere else? I think most would say, "You betcha," as they hand you their worn-out muck boots, a list of calves to doctor, an operating note that ha...