Entries for February 2020
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3 Feb 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Mon, February 3 Exchange rate was 1.3298 up 0.0055 Chicago corn closed slightly lower. MAR20 HI 3.82 DEC20 HI 3.91 1/2 LOW 3.76 1/2 LOW 3.88 CLOSE3.78 3/4 Down 2 1/2 CLOSE 3.89 1/2 Down 1 1/4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAY20+MAY20+JUL20 C...
3 Feb 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Mon, February 3 Exchange rate was 1.3298 up 0.0055 Chicago soybeans closed slightly higher. MAR20 HI 8.78 3/4 NOV20 HI 9.18 3/4 LOW 8.68 3/4 LOW 9.09 1/2 CLOSE8.77 Up 4 1/2 CLOSE 9.16 1/2 Up 4 1/4 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt BasisU.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAR2+MAY2+MAY2...
3 Feb 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 02/03 13:58 Row Crops Mixed as Coronavirus Cases Increase March corn was down 2 1/2 cents and March soybeans were up 4 1/2 cents, surviving a weekend of more bearish news out of China. Wheat prices were narrowly mixed, able to hold roughly steady in the face of Monday's higher U.S. dollar.
3 Feb 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 02/03 13:58 Row Crops Mixed as Coronavirus Cases Increase March corn was down 2 1/2 cents and March soybeans were up 4 1/2 cents, surviving a weekend of more bearish news out of China. Wheat prices were narrowly mixed, able to hold roughly steady in the face of Monday's higher U.S. dollar.
3 Feb 2020
(Washington, D.C., February 3, 2020) – At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the third and final tranche of 2019 Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments aimed at assisting farmers suffering from damage due to unjustified trade retaliation by foreign nations. The payments will be...