Entries for May 2020
RECENT NEWS
1 May 2020
(Washington, D.C., May 1, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced approval of a request from Minnesota to provide online purchasing of food to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households. This approval will allow the States to expedite the implementation of online purchasing with currently authorized SNAP ...
1 May 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 05/01 13:30 May Day Bringing Excitement to the Livestock Complex May Day has lifted the livestock complex morale and is pushing all three contracts higher in to the weekend. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst General Comments All sorts of positivity seen on the first day of the month as the entire futures complex tra...
1 May 2020
DTN Midday Grain Comments 05/01 12:41 All Grains Lower at Midday Corn is 2 to 3 cents lower, soybeans are 4 to 6 cents lower, and wheat is 4 to 8 cents lower. David Fiala,DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market is weaker with the Dow 510 points lower as active trade continues. The dollar index is 12 lower. Interest rate prod...
1 May 2020
(Washington, D.C., May 1, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced Delaware and Oregon have 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 eligi...
1 May 2020
Cotton AWP/LDP 05/01 10:26 Weekly cotton Fine Count Price and Adjustment data. | Fine Fine FE Trans | Count Count FE Fine Coarse & | Adj Adj Adj Week Count FE Count Qual | World 2018 2019 CCA LDP Date Price Price Price Adj | Price Crop** Crop** 05/01/20 66.30 64.24 64.57 17.25 | 46.99 0.14 0.00 0.00 5.01 04/24/20 64.90 62.50 62.25 17.25 | 45.25 0.0...