Entries for January 2022
RECENT NEWS
26 Jan 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- In a shake-up for agricultural commodity companies, Viterra Limited announced Wednesday it is acquiring most of the assets of rival Gavilon from Japan's Marubeni Corp. for $1.125 billion. The move helps Marubeni get out of what turned out to be a bad purchase when it bought Gavilon nearly a decade ago. Viterra and its parent companie...
26 Jan 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Climate trends and agronomic improvements were the overwhelming factors leading to higher corn yields on farmland in Nebraska from 2005 to 2018, while improvements in genetic traits accounted for a small percentage of yield gains, a new study by the University of Nebraska found. Most yield studies have focused largely on impr...
26 Jan 2022
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 01/26 11:49 Cattle Contracts Find Technical Support After trading lower throughout the earlier part of the week, cattle futures have finally found some technical support to help rally the contracts in Wednesday's trade. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Cattle futures are finally seeing some suppor...
26 Jan 2022
DTN Midday Grain Comments 01/26 11:02 Soybeans Higher at Midday; Wheat Lower; Corn Mixed Corn futures are narrowly mixed at midday Wednesday; soybean futures are 17 to 18 cents higher; wheat futures are 22 to 27 cents lower. David M. Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst MARKET SUMMARY: The U.S. stock market is firmer with the Dow up 360 points. The U.S. ...
26 Jan 2022
USDA MARKET NEWS--AFTERNOON CATTLE REPORT 01/26/22 VOLUME USDA TOTAL RANGE DTN PRACTICAL RANGE WT AVG KANSAS CONFIRMED CASH SALES - TODAY: 7,744 WEEK TO DATE: 9,715 STEERS LIVE FOB 4,528 136.00-138.00 136.00-138.00 136.29 STEERS LIVE DELIVERED No reportable trade HEIFERS LIVE FOB 2,029 136.00-137.00 136.00-137.00 136.10 HEIFERS LIVE DELIVERED No re...