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18 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Fri, October 18 Exchange rate was 1.379 up 0.0021 Chicago corn closed slightly lower. DEC24 HI 4.09 1/2 DEC25 HI 4.40 LOW 4.03 3/4 LOW 4.35 CLOSE4.04 3/4 Down 2 CLOSE 4.35 1/4 Down 2 1/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +DEC24+MAR25+MAR25 CK Low...
18 Oct 2024
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Fri, October 18 Exchange rate was 1.379 up 0.0021 Chicago soybeans closed slightly to moderately lower. NOV24 HI 9.95 1/2 NOV25 HI 10.37 LOW 9.69 1/4 LOW 10.20 CLOSE9.70 Down 18 3/4 CLOSE 10.20 Down 11 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +NOV24+JA...
18 Oct 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 10/18 13:56 Wheat, Soybean Futures Suffer Heavy Losses to Close Out Week Friday featured heavy selling in soybeans and wheat futures to close out the week; corn also finished lower, albeit with more moderate losses. We are now a week removed from the October WASDE which pegged U.S. corn production at the second highest ma...
18 Oct 2024
EDITOR'S NOTE: Row-crop farmers make dozens of decisions that affect the crops they grow, but perhaps none is more important than the seed they select. In a special series called Savvy Seed Decisions, DTN/Progressive Farmer examined often unseen facets of the seed industry that affect what farmers put in their planters. Today, in our third story of...
18 Oct 2024
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today an investment of more than $46 million in projects aimed to tackle food and nutrition insecurity in underserved communities, as well as support healthy diets by providing access to fruits and vegetables for eligible families.