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15 Feb 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Tighter cattle supplies are expected to increase record feeder and fed cattle prices in 2024; pork producers will see better pricing conditions as well. USDA's Livestock and Poultry Outlook for 2024 shows limited production growth in overall U.S. red meat and poultry in 2024 as the impacts of the multiyear drought continue to affect ...
15 Feb 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA sees farmers planting 91 million acres (ma) of corn, 87.5 ma of soybeans and 47 ma of wheat in 2024, according to a Commodity Outlook report released in conjunction with the USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum. Overall, the agency sees total acreage for the three crops declining 1% to 225.5 million acres, reflecting lower price...
14 Feb 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told Congress on Wednesday that agricultural producers are going to face "chaos in the marketplace" if Congress doesn't address the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling over California's Proposition 12 in 2022. There also could be trade ramifications from Canadians as the rules from California's p...
14 Feb 2024
This article was originally posted at 3:54 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb. 14. It was last updated with additional information at 5:04 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Feb. 14. ** JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- After more than a week of uncertainty, farmers on Wednesday learned they will be allowed to use over-the-top (OTT) dicamba formulations on soybeans and cot...
14 Feb 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail price moves were evenly mixed for the eight major fertilizers in the second week of February 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Breaking a streak of six straight weeks when most fertilizer prices declined, prices for half of the eight major fertilizers were slightly lower than last month while prices for the o...