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Business & Inputs

Cattle prices have been impacted by numerous events through the years. The most recent event of the Tyson plant closure has shown an impact on prices as well. (Screenshot from University of Nebraska-Lincoln webinar)
Posted by Jennifer Carrico

Tyson's Lexington, Nebraska, beef plant closure affects numerous groups of people and could have a longer-term effect on cattle prices.

World & Policy

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Oil futures rallied Friday, Dec. 5, on news reports that the Group of Seven Countries (G7) and the European Union could ban all Western tankers from carrying Russian oil, a development that would affect near-term energy supplies.

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Farm Life

Ohio farmer Nathan Brown is a mental health advocate who started a Facebook group called Farmer to Farmer Peer Support. (DTN/Progressive Farmer photo by Joel Reichenberger)
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A hub of mental health information and resources for farmers, ranchers and their families.

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What DTN Is Watching

At 7:30 a.m. CST, the Bureau of Economic Analysis will release the delayed Personal Consumption Expenditure data from September. In the afternoon, CFTC will release another Commitments of Traders report at 2:30 p.m. CST, with positions up to October 28.

Weather

An old cold front has stalled across the Gulf and Southeast Coasts where showers continue for Friday. The first in a long series of clippers is moving through Ontario and its cold front dropping into the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest is producing some light snow.

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