Entries for March 2018
RECENT NEWS
9 Mar 2018
USDA Daily Market Rates 03/09 06:48 HDR1010500000080309180700DAILY MARKET RATES(GRAIN/MISC COMMODITIES) Form Approved OMB No. 0560-XXXX Effective: March 09, 2018 ***NOTE CHANGES TO DIFFERENTIAL INFORMATION EFFECTIVE 03/09/18**** The following Market Rates are established to aid in the development of the Posted County Prices (PCPs) which are used by...
9 Mar 2018
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Going into the March round of USDA supply and demand reports, the question was how big the cuts would be to Argentina's corn and soybean production estimates. As it turned out, changes were larger than expected with USDA's latest guess coming in at 36 million metric tons (1.42 billion bushels) for corn, as compared...
9 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Grains 03/09 05:56 It Must Have Rained Somewhere May corn was fractionally lower, May soybeans were 10 cents lower, and July Kansas City (HRW) wheat was 5 cents lower. By Darin Newsom DTN Senior Analyst 6:00 a.m. CME Globex: May corn was fractionally lower, May soybeans were 10 cents lower, and July Kansas City (HRW) wheat was 5 cent...
9 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 03/09 05:55 Cattle Paper Likely to Open Higher Thanks to Late-Week Short-Covering The cattle complex should open higher Friday, supported by short-covering and feedlot cash stability. Lean hog futures are likely to open lower thanks to follow-through selling and further weakness in the product trade. By John Harring...
9 Mar 2018
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA sees higher demand for the 2017-18 corn crop as use was increased for both exports and ethanol production for the corn crop, lowering expected ending stocks in the process. Corn is being buoyed by lower projected Argentina production while U.S. so...