Entries for August 2020
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3 Aug 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2020 – The Trump Administration today announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $462 million to modernize critical drinking water (PDF, 367 KB) and wastewater infrastructure across rural America.
3 Aug 2020
GRAIN BELT WX ROUNDUP Ohio Morning Temperature And Precipitation Summary National Weather Service Cleveland Ohio 814 AM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020 Values represent highs yesterday...lows over the last 12 hours and precipitation over the last 24 hours ending at 7 AM EST/8 AM EDT. M=Missing Data T=Trace NA=Not Available : .BR CLE 0803 ES DH00/TAIRZX/DH07/TAI...
3 Aug 2020
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 08/01/20 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 0 WEEK TO DATE: 0 STEERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade NEBRASKA CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TOD...
3 Aug 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Watch out for an opportunistic pest that thrives in the summer heat: the twospotted spider mite.In normal, well-watered years, insect predators and certain fungi prey on these tiny mites, keeping their levels low. But when hot, dry weather sets in for weeks on end, the predators fade, the fungi recede and the mites have thei...
3 Aug 2020
Tuesday's corn and soybean prices took hits this week from USDA's higher good-to-excellent crop ratings and, in the case of corn, revived prospects for a record corn crop this fall. For soybeans, the new 72% crop rating is the second highest of the past 10 years for this time of year and has me estimating a 4.3-billion-bushel (bb) harvest, based on...