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27 Jun 2024
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting applications starting on Monday, July 1 through its updated Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP) to provide financial assistance to eligible dairy producers who incur milk losses due to Highly Pathogenic Avian Inf...
27 Jun 2024
USDA Daily Market Rates 06/27 DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISCELLANEOUS COMMODITIES) Effective: June 27, 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 not be...
27 Jun 2024
DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 06/27 06:19 Quarterly Hogs and Pigs Report Day Livestock futures posted strong gains across the board Wednesday. The June live cattle contract showed the greatest gain as the contract nears expiration. There is a strong chance for higher cash this week. Hog futures showed active short-covering ahead of the Hogs and...
27 Jun 2024
DTN Early Word Grains 06/27 06:02 Grain Markets Mixed Thursday With Wheat, Beans Higher on Bottom-Picking July corn is down 1 1/2 cents per bushel, November soybeans are up 1 1/4 cents, September KC wheat is down 3 cents, September Chicago wheat is up 2 3/4 cents and September Minneapolis wheat is up 1 1/2 cents. Kent Beadle, DTN Contributing Analy...
26 Jun 2024
TEKAMAH, Neb. (DTN) -- Communities in western Iowa were in the midst of cleanup on Wednesday from devastating flash floods that hit during the weekend because of heavy rains while some farmers on the Missouri River bottoms could only watch the waters continue to take over their fields. For the most part, levees along key tributaries to the Lower Mi...