Entries for March 2018
RECENT NEWS
16 Mar 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in the Midwest could be in for a slow start to the row-crop planting season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2018 spring forecast suggests. The agency's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) is calling for spring temperatures to run at or below normal over muc...
16 Mar 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After five years in sorghum fields, the sugarcane aphid is firmly established as a permanent pest of this crop. Fortunately, Southern entomologists have spent nearly that long hunting down sorghum hybrids that show varying levels of resistance to the pest. A fairly comprehensive and upd...
16 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 03/16 06:39 Tariff for Beef to Japan to Decrease by End of March Look for live and feeder contracts to open mixed this morning thanks to a combination of residual selling and late week short covering. Lean hog futures should also begin with uneven price action with deferreds probably gaining more ground on spot Apri...
16 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 03/16 06:39 Tariff for Beef to Japan to Decrease by End of March Look for live and feeder contracts to open mixed this morning thanks to a combination of residual selling and late week short covering. Lean hog futures should also begin with uneven price action with deferreds probably gaining more ground on spot Apri...
16 Mar 2018
USDA Daily Market Rates 03/16 06:48 HDR1010500000080316180700DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISC COMMODITIES) Form Approved OMB No. 0560-XXXX Effective: March 16, 2018 ***NOTE CHANGES TO DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 03/16/18**** The following Market Rates are established to aid in the development of the Posted County Prices (PCPs) which are used by...