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27 Aug 2024
DTN Closing Grain Comments 08/27 13:44 Wheat, Corn Reverse From New Lows; Soybeans, Soymeal Firm December corn and December Chicago wheat again fell to match or set new lows before reversing to finish the day higher. Depending on the close Wednesday, this type of market action could signal more buying ahead. Corn had a bullish engulfing bar and a t...
27 Aug 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Smithfield Foods sold a former Premium Standard Farms sow farm in north-central Missouri's Sullivan County at auction earlier this month. The 1,371-acre farm with a mix of farmland, pasture and woodland sold in 10 tracts for $5.64 million, or $4,160 per acre. Missouri cropland values averaged $4,910 per acre and pasture v...
27 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/27 11:50 Traders Continue to Push Livestock Complex Higher Tuesday Still no bids or asking prices noted in the cash cattle market Tuesday, as feedlot managers are hoping the board's support will stick around and prices may be able to trade steady this week. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: The ...
27 Aug 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The state of Iowa will keep in place a one-quarter-cent-per-bushel indemnity fee on grain sales for at least one more year as it tries to rebuild the state's grain indemnity fund, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced on Tuesday. Assuming no new claims are made against the fund, the state said it w...
27 Aug 2024
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/27 10:52 Corn, Soybean, Wheat Futures All Higher at Midday Corn futures are 3 to 5 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean futures are 2 to 4 cents higher; wheat futures are 8 to 10 cents higher. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: Corn futures are 3 to 5 cents higher at midday Tuesday; soybean futur...