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30 Dec 2024
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 12/27/24 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...
30 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Outgoing Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said there is too much focus on the farm bill when it comes to supporting all farmers and rural America overall. With 12 non-consecutive years in office starting in 2009, Vilsack will end his tenure as the second-longest serving agriculture secretary in history. In a wide-ranging interv...
30 Dec 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Former President Jimmy Carter, a Georgia peanut grower who became the 39th president, serving from 1977 to 1981, won praise from President Biden, Vice President Harris and agriculture leaders upon his death Sunday at age 100. Farming was always part of Carter's life story and background. He took over his parents' 360-acre farm i...
30 Dec 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 12/30 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: December 30, 2024 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 no...
30 Dec 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 12/30 06:11 Traders May Adjust Portfolios For End of The Year Feeder cattle and deferred live cattle futures broke through technical resistance on Friday to resume the uptrend. Higher cash cattle trade and the strength of boxed beef provided support. Hog traders could not find much to get excited about and futures ...