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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 17, 2024
Brownfield Ag News19 minutes ago
May corn closed at $4.30 and 1/4, down 3/4 centMay soybeans closed at $11.49 and 1/2, up 4 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $338.70, up $3.40May soybean oil closed at 45.00, up 9 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.37, down 12 and 3/4 centsJun. live cattle closed at $175.32,...
Rep. Bost: Farm bill moving by Memorial Day
Brownfield Ag News19 minutes ago
A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee expects work on the next farm bill to pick up sooner rather than later. Congressman Mike Bost, of Illinois, tells Brownfield… “The Republican members had a meeting with the chairman just earlier this week where we were told that we will be...
Stocks Post Moderate Losses as Chip Stocks Retreat
Barchart19 minutes ago
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Wednesday closed down -0.58%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.12% and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed down -1.24%. US stock indexes Wednesday gave up an early advance and turned lower, with the...
National Daily Cow and Boneless Beef Summary
USDA20 minutes ago
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National Daily Hog Pork Summary Report
USDA21 minutes ago
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Beef Carcass Price Equivalent Index Value
USDA30 minutes ago
NW_LS410 Des Moines, IA Wed, Apr 17, 2024 USDA Market News USDA BEEF CARCASS PRICE EQUIVALENT INDEX VALUE CHOICE SELECT Index 600-900# 600-900# Values => $281.07 $273.82 ...
Modest midweek gains for soybeans
Brownfield Ag News35 minutes ago
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Soybeans also had some help from the higher move in meal, which continues to respond to the solid domestic crush demand. Still, export demand for U.S. meal has slowed down, with the world’s largest exporter of soybean products, Argentina, producing...
Hog futures mixed at midweek
Brownfield Ag News35 minutes ago
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were mostly lower, waiting for direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $.40 lower at $175.32 and August lives closed $.15 lower at $172.77. May feeders closed $.70 lower at $240.27 and August feeders closed $.22 lower at...
Planting progress seemingly normal
Brownfield Ag News51 minutes ago
A mid-Michigan farmer says soils have been too cold and wet to get an early jump on planting. Andrew Braun tells Brownfield, “It’s warmer right now, but it’s supposed to cool off here the later half of this week and into the next week.” “We probably won’t get started until...