Entries for May 2020
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28 May 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Thu, May 28 Exchange rate was 1.3765 down 0.0017 Chicago soybeans closed narrowly mixed. JUL20 HI 8.52 1/4 NOV20 HI 8.58 1/2 LOW 8.38 3/4 LOW 8.47 1/4 CLOSE8.47 Down 1 1/2 CLOSE 8.56 Up 1/2 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt BasisU.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +JUL2+JUL2+SEP20 CK Lo...
28 May 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 05/28 13:54 Corn Breaks Higher as Demand Slowly Heals After several weeks of witnessing incremental improvements in demand, July corn finally broke higher Thursday, finishing up 7 cents at a new one-month high of $3.27 1/2. All three wheats also closed higher with help from dry weather in the southwestern U.S. Plains and ...
28 May 2020
(Washington, D.C., May 28, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Hawaii has been approved to operate Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), a new program authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), signed by President Trump, which provides assistance to families of children eligible for free ...
28 May 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 05/28 12:16 There Went That Idea; Livestock Contracts Trade Lower Throughout Thursday All three livestock contracts trade lower as the support that was rallying the market in the early part of the week has subsided. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Comments We knew that Thursday would be an uphill battle fo...
28 May 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to float between slightly higher and slightly lower than last month during the third week of May 2020, according to retailers surveyed by DTN.This marks the seventh consecutive week prices have not moved a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% in either direction.Once again, five fertilizer...