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28 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/28 11:54 Hogs Continue to Trade Higher While Cattle Stalemate No bids or asking prices have surfaced yet in the cash market as feedlot managers are hoping if they wait the week out cattle may trade steady. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The livestock complex is trading mixed into Wednesday's ...
28 Aug 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mostly lower, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third full week of August 2024. One fertilizer was slightly higher compared to a month ago. For the fifth week in a row, no fertilizer price showed a substantial move in either direction. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% o...
28 Aug 2024
BOONE, IA, Aug. 28, 2024 – At the annual Farm Progress Show in Boone, Iowa, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that USDA is partnering with American business owners to expand innovative domestic fertilizer production, creating jobs in rural communities and strengthening local economies.
28 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/28 10:51 Wheat Futures Higher at Midday; Soybeans Lower; Corn Flat-Lower Corn futures are flat to 1 cent lower at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 6 to 8 cents lower; wheat futures are 6 to 7 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are flat to 1 cent lower at midday Wednes...
28 Aug 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- HB4 wheat, a drought-tolerant genetically modified wheat variety, can be safely grown and bred in the United States, according to the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS). The agency's determination makes the U.S. the fourth country in the world to green-light production of HB4 wheat, following Argent...