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Import Ornamental Shipping Point Report - Miami, FL
USDA15 minutes ago
MIAMI Ornamental Shipping Point Prices as of 25-APR-2024 Provided by: Specialty Crops Market News Federal - State Market News Service,...
Shipping Point Fruit Report - Fresno, CA
USDA44 minutes ago
FRESNO Shipping Point Prices as of 25-APR-2024 Provided by: Specialty Crops Market News Federal - State Market News...
Shipping Point Fruit Report - Yakima, WA
USDA1 hour ago
YAKIMA Shipping Point Prices as of 25-APR-2024 Provided by: Specialty Crops Market News Federal - State Market News Service, USDA. Phone: (602) 557-0410 Fax: (602) Any questions or comments can be sent via email to:...
See it: Utah landspout tornado catches onlookers by surprise
Fox Weather1 hour ago
SALT LAKE CITY – Residents in northern Utah became concerned Thursday after spotting a cloud that looked as if a twister or funnel cloud had formed in the sky, but according to local meteorologists, the phenomenon was likely a landspout.Spottings occurred just before noon local time southwest of Salt Lake...
Cattle Bounce Back from Wednesday’s Overreaction
Barchart1 hour ago
Live cattle had a back and forth trade on Thursday but settled near the highs with $1.60 to $2.67 gains. Cash trade kicked off with a steady/higher note this week, as the South was at $182 in TX and $182-183 in KS, even to $1 above a week ago. Northern...
Cotton Mixed Following Positive Export Sales Data
Barchart1 hour ago
Cotton futures posted mixed action on Thursday, with contracts anywhere from up 38 points to 21 points lower. The outside market influences saw crude oil up $1.03/barrel and the US dollar index 260 points lower. Export Sales data from this morning saw an uptick to the old crop cotton bookings...
Cattle Bounce Back from Wednesday’s Overreaction
Barchart1 hour ago
Live cattle had a back and forth trade on Thursday but settled near the highs with $1.60 to $2.67 gains. Cash trade kicked off with a steady/higher note this week, as the South was at $182 in TX and $182-183 in KS, even to $1 above a week ago. Northern...
Corn Ends Higher, Helped by 10-week High in Export Sales
Barchart1 hour ago
Corn rounded out the Tuesday session with contracts up 1 ¾ to 5 cents across the board. Futures were helped out by spillover support from wheat and positive Export Sales data. USDA reported corn bookings of 1.3 MMT for the week of 4/18 in this mornings’ Export Sales report. That...
Hogs Pull Back on Thursday with Negotiated Weakness
Barchart1 hour ago
Lean hogs fell $1.17 to $2.45 in the front months on Thursday, with the other contracts down 80 to 97 cents. USDA’s National Average Base Hog negotiated price was down $2.78 on Thursday afternoon, at $88.71. The CME Lean Hog Index was up 19 cents on April 23 at $91.64....
Soybeans Come Back to Close Mixed
Barchart1 hour ago
Soybeans rallied off the early midday losses by 10-13 cents on Thursday to close with front months down 1 to 3 ¼ cents and the September and beyond contracts up ½ to 2 ½ cents. May options expire on Friday. Soymeal ended the day with contracts down dime to $2.10/ton....
USDA Makes $1.5 Billion Available to Help Farmers Advance Conservation and Climate-Smart Agriculture as Part of President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda
Wed Apr 3, 8:00AM CDT
MANKATO, Minn., April 3, 2024 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of an historic $1.5 billion in fiscal year 2024 to invest in partner-driven conservation and climate solutions through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) as part of President Biden...
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Protections for Thompson Divide
Wed Apr 3, 6:05AM CDT
WASHINGTON, April 3, 2024 — The Biden-Harris administration today took action to finalize protections for the Thompson Divide area in central Colorado, one of the state’s most cherished landscapes, known for its ranching heritage and grazing lands, important wildlife habitat, recreation opportun...
Update to USDA Entity-Scale Greenhouse Gas Methods Report Available
Tue Apr 2, 7:00AM CDT
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2024 — The U.S. Department of Agriculture today published the second edition of Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Agriculture and Forestry: Methods for Entity Scale Inventory. The report provides farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners with the methods and tools needed to...