Entries for June 2019
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24 Jun 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 06/24 12:07 Hog Futures Continue Lower Active pressure quickly moved into hog and feeder cattle trade through the morning with increased underlying pressure sparking widespread liquidation. Live cattle futures remain lightly traded, but mixed in a narrow to moderate range. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comments Tri...
24 Jun 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 06/24 11:45 All Grains Higher at Midday Trade is firmer across the board at midday; the market is looking toward the big USDA Planting and Stocks reports this Friday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are firmer with the Dow 50 higher. The dollar index is 17 weaker. Inte...
24 Jun 2019
WASHINGTON, June 24, 2019 – Acting Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Joel Baxley today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has more than $2 billion still available this year to invest in community facilities and infrastructure projects in rural areas. Baxley also released the names of 40 rural communities that ar...
24 Jun 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Only about half of the country's soybeans have emerged, but some insect pests are already out and about, waiting for them. Entomologists and agronomists have reported sightings of soybean aphids, bean leaf beetles and even the soybean gall midge -- a new pest of soybeans that emerged las...
24 Jun 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the USDA Midwest Climate Hub are worried about how summer 2019 conditions will treat crops that are already behind the development time curve because of wet and cool weather. In the NOAA North Central climate r...