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1/ Ag weather highlights from the @usda_oce, Oct. 23:
In the #South, dry weather is promoting autumn #fieldwork, except in parts of southern Florida. Today’s temperatures will range from near 65°F in Virginia to 85°F or higher in much of eastern Texas.
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1/ Ag weather highlights from the @usda_oce, Oct. 23:
In the #CornBelt, warm, dry weather remains nearly ideal for summer crop maturation and harvesting, following #fieldwork delays related to wet conditions or delayed crop development.
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1/ Ag weather highlights from the @usda_oce, Oct. 23:
On the #Plains, record-setting #warmth continues into a second day, with Friday’s high #temperatures expected to reach 80°F or higher as far north as southeastern Montana.
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2/2 On Oct. 22, daily record high #temperatures included 90°F in North Platte, Nebraska, and 81°F in Mobridge, South Dakota. The warm, mostly dry weather not only favors fieldwork, but is also allowing extra time for the establishment of recently planted winter wheat.
1/ Ag weather highlights from the @usda_oce, Oct. 23:
In the #West, the flood threat is gradually easing across the Four Corners as precipitation shifts north and east. Travel conditions across the northern Rockies are deteriorating due to #snow.
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1/ Today's @FarmPolicy News Summary covers how "the Trump administration is identifying eight #fertilizer projects to get nearly $600 million in federal funding as part of its push to reduce U.S. reliance on volatile global supply chains."
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2/2 "USDA projected the projects could reduce nitrogen #fertilizer #prices by 4.4% and potash prices by 5.3%, while increasing domestic nitrogen production by 3.7% and potash production by nearly 40% once the projects are operational."
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The top 10 destination #markets for U.S. containerized #grain #exports, from January to August 2026, included Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam.
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For the week ending Oct. 15, 2.9 mmt of U.S. #grain was inspected for #export, up 6% from the previous week, unchanged from the same week last year, and up 4% from the 3-year average.
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For the week ending Oct. 19, the U.S. average #diesel #fuel #price increased 9.7 cents from the previous week to $6.276 per gallon, 265.6 cents above the same week last year.
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1/ For the week ending Oct. 17, #barge movements on the #MississippiRiver were 22% lower than last year and 42% higher than the 3-year average.
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2/2 For the week ending Oct. 17, 344 barges moved down river for #export in the #NewOrleans region, 91 more than the previous week. 873 grain barges unloaded in the New Orleans Region, 16% more than the previous week.
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For the 4 weeks ending Oct. 10, total weekly U.S. Class I #railroad #grain carloads were up 1% from the previous week, up 3% from last year, and up 10% from the 3-year average.
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#Grain transportation cost indicators, as of the week ending Oct. 21. #Barge and truck transportation cost indicators are nearly identical.
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#Wheat futures are on track for the longest weekly slump in almost three decades, marking a stark reversal after the grain led a run-up across agricultural commodities earlier in the year.
Story from @Ben_Westcott
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Calley Means, senior adviser to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resigned on Thursday over frustrations that the Make America Healthy Again (#MAHA) agenda had stalled inside the White House.
Story from @cheyennehaslett
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