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  • Ethanol, DDG Exports Strong in August

    USDA said U.S. ethanol exports totaled 141.2 million gallons in August, up from 136 million gallons in July, up 41% from a year ago, and a record for August.

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    Top 5 Things to Watch

    We'll continue to follow the recovery of farms and rural areas hit by Hurricane Helene, while preparing for the October WASDE and other events.

  • China produces more than 35% of the world's factory output, such as these steel rolls, more than the next nine largest manufacturing countries combined and six times the No. 2 U.S. (Photo by Antoniorosset, CC BY-SA 4.0)

    An Urban's Rural View

    China dominates world manufacturing and it's redoubling its investments in new factories, hoping to make other countries more reliant on it. Policymakers in those countries are struggling to solve this China problem.

  • A chart by the American Farm Bureau Federation Market Intel column looking at the volume of exports in metric tons and the percentage of exports that go out of ports affected by the longshoremen's strike along East Coast ports and the Gulf of Mexico. (Chart courtesy of the American Farm Bureau Federation)

    Ag Worries Over Strike, Supply Chains

    The strike by longshoremen is disrupting agricultural exports worth $1.4 billion per week, affecting key U.S. ports on the East and Gulf Coasts. Industry leaders are urging the Biden administration to intervene, as the strike threatens...

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Ag Interest Rate

DTN Ag Interest Rate Snapshot
TODAY - LAST YEAR
as of: 10/8/24 10/8/23
BENCHMARKS
Prime Rate 8.00 8.25
30-Day Libor 4.96 5.19
1-Year Libor 5.91
10-Yr. Treasury 4.04 3.73
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