Entries for April 2018
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5 Apr 2018
DTN Midday Grain Comments 04/05 11:43 Grains Higher at Midday Trade is higher across the board at midday, with wheat and soybeans leading. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are higher with the Dow up 345 points. The interest rate products are higher. The dollar index is 45 points higher. Energies...
5 Apr 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The cover crop fan club is bigger than you might realize. Some of the movement's most ardent supporters are less than an inch long and boast six legs. Insects love cover crops for the food and shelter they provide in what used to be barren, plowed fields, University of Nebraska Crop Pro...
5 Apr 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, is pressing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt for answers as to why the agency granted a Renewable Fuel Standard waiver to a large refiner. Reuters reported Tuesday that Andeavor, one of the country's largest refiners, received an RFS o...
5 Apr 2018
By Lin Tan DTN China Correspondent and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor BEIJING, China, and CHICAGO (DTN) -- Alan Kemper, a farmer from Lafayette, Indiana, and former president of both the American Soybean Association and National Corn Growers Association, woke up early Wednesday to see soybeans down 40 cents. He said he thinks it could get wors...
5 Apr 2018
Cotton AWP/LDP 04/05 11:18 Next week's LDP (POP) rate will be based on this week's five day average AWP, plus or minus any change in the adjustment factor or any use of the Secretary's discretionary authority. The following table shows how this week's "A" index prices may affect next week's Marketing Loan Gain. Crnt Forwrd Trans Count Count 5 Low 5...