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7 Jan 2025
USDA Daily Market Rates 01/07 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: January 07, 2025 The following Market Rates are established to aid in the development of the Posted County Prices (PCPs) which are used by county Farm Services Agency (FSA) Offices for loan redemption purposes. Uses of these rates for other purposes may not...
7 Jan 2025
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 01/07 06:24 Traders Should Remain Aggressive Buyers The strength of cash cattle last week supported cattle futures on Monday. Feedlots and traders are optimistic higher cash prices will again unfold this week. Hog futures showed impressive resilience despite the continued weakness of cutouts. Robin Schmahl DTN Cont...
7 Jan 2025
OMAHA (DTN) -- If, or when, President-elect Donald Trump imposes new tariffs on China, analysts at RaboResearch expect China will retaliate immediately and target commodities, especially soybeans. The impact of Chinese tariffs on American soybeans may be less severe than 2018-19 on United States producers, mainly because China has made itself less ...
7 Jan 2025
DTN Early Word Grains 01/07 05:47 Grain Markets Lower as Corn, Soybeans Retreat From Resistance Levels March corn is down 2 1/2 cents per bushel, March soybeans are down 8 cents, March KC wheat is up 1 1/2 cents, March Chicago wheat is down 1 1/2 cents and March Minneapolis wheat is up 2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analyst EARLY MORNING GL...
7 Jan 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7, 2025 — Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack praised President Biden’s designation of a new national monument Sáttítla Highlands National Monument in Northern California. The designation protects Tribal ancestral homelands, historic and scientific treasures, rare flora and fauna, and underground aquifers at the headwaters of ...