Entries for April 2019
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30 Apr 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 04/30 11:56 Pressure Redevelops in Feeder Cattle Strong follow-through pressure is creating technical market shifts through nearby feeder cattle trade This has had very limited impact on live cattle markets which seem willing to hold current levels through the end of the month. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comment...
30 Apr 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 04/30 11:25 All Grains Lower at Midday Soybeans and wheat wash to new lows with renewed selling pressure during the day session, dragging corn lower. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are weaker with the Dow 25 points lower. The interest rate products are weaker. The dol...
30 Apr 2019
April 30, 2019 Portland Price Trends 04-01-18 08-01-18 03-01-19 04-23-19 04-30-19 #1 SWW (bu) 5.80 6.05 6.10 5.80 5.67 White Club 5.80 6.05 6.10 5.80 5.67 DNS 14% 7.03 7.08 6.68 6.26 6.07 HRW 11.5% 6.17 6.89 6.00 5.91 5.61 #2 Corn (ton) 175.00 160.00 180.00 165.00 164.00 #2 Barley 152.00 140.00 140.00 140.00 140.00 Wheat...Further drift in the whea...
30 Apr 2019
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today unveiled a groundbreaking report, A Case for Rural Broadband: Insights on Rural Broadband Infrastructure and Next Generation Precision Agriculture Technologies (PDF, 2.5 MB). The report finds that deployment of both broadband e-Connectivity and Next Generation Precision Agricultu...
30 Apr 2019
WASHINGTON, April 30, 2019 — Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced today the availability of a new web-based tool – developed in partnership with the University of Wisconsin – to help dairy producers evaluate various scenarios using different coverage levels through the new Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.