Entries for August 2015
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27 Aug 2015
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2015 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today released the following statement on the passing of Amelia Boynton Robinson, a key civil rights leader and former employee of the Department of Agriculture, where she worked to ensure that rural African Americans across the South had access to resources and information about food pr...
27 Aug 2015
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/27 11:58 Cattle Futures Hold Onto Gains Triple-digit gains continue to hold through the live cattle and feeder cattle markets Thursday. The inability to hold onto strong session highs above $2 per cwt in both markets is creating some erosion of price levels, but the bounce higher remains firmly planted. Hog futures ...
27 Aug 2015
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/27 11:15 All Grains Higher at Midday Soybeans lead corn higher at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock markets are higher with the Dow futures up 259 points. The interest rate products are mostly higher. The dollar index is 70 points higher. Energies are higher with crude up $2...
27 Aug 2015
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/27 11:15 All Grains Higher at Midday Soybeans lead corn higher at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock markets are higher with the Dow futures up 259 points. The interest rate products are mostly higher. The dollar index is 70 points higher. Energies are higher with crude up $2...
27 Aug 2015
PORTLAND, Ore., August 27, 2015 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a four-year strategy that will invest approximately $211 million through 2018 in conservation efforts to benefit the greater sage grouse. The strategy, known as Sage Grouse Initiative 2.0, will build on successful public and private conservation efforts made since 2...