For Farmers Only Market News for October 2010

USDA Sets October Interest Rates

WASHINGTON - Oct 1/10 - SNS -- The USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) today announced interest rates for October 2010. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Pulse Days Registration Open

SASKATOON - Oct 5/10 - SNS -- Registration for Pulse Days 2011 is now open. The theme of the conference, to be held here on January 10 and 11, is "Maximizing Profit". . . . Continue or visitors click here

CWB Makes Interim Payments

WINNIPEG - Oct 9/10 - SNS -- The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will make interim payments will be made for most grades of wheat and designated barley delivered to the CWB during the 2009-10 crop year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

USDA Certifies 12 New Varieties

WASHINGTON - Oct 13/10 - SNS -- The USDA issued certificates of protection to developers of 12 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bluegrass, fescue, safflower and sunflower. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Hail Insurance Payouts Double

SASKATOON - Oct 29/10 - SNS -- Payments made on claims by members of the Canadian Crop Hail Association doubled this year to CDN $155 million from over 16,000 claims, compared to $76 million last year, and a whopping $341 million in 2008. . . . Continue or visitors click here

The Cost of Farming in The U.S. Up On The Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 29/10 - SNS -- The October Index of Prices Paid for Commodities and Services, Interest, Taxes, and Farm Wage Rates (PPITW) is 185% of the 1990-1992 average, shows today's USDA update. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Selected U.S. Oilseed and Bean Bids by State - Oct 2010

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U.S. Parity Prices for Farm Products - Oct 2010

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U.S. Index Numbers of Prices Received - Oct 2010

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Selected U.S. Apple and Cotton Bids by State - Oct 2010

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U.S. Index of Farm Input Costs - Oct 2010

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Prices Received by U.S. Farmers Up From Last Year

WASHINGTON - Oct 29/10 - SNS -- NASS is in the process of modifying report layouts in order to improve readability, shows today's USDA update. . . . Continue or visitors click here