Entries for September 2018
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6 Sep 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 09/06 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 9/06/18 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT SEP 486.00 500.25 504.11 520.26 523.84 32.13 37.07 43.63 12 33 11 12 CBTWT DEC 513.75 528.13 530.17 543.17 544.26 33.83 38.56 44.58 16 41 14 1...
6 Sep 2018
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 09/06 15:34 Hog Futures Surge Aggressive buyer support quickly swept into the lean hog complex Thursday, pushing front-month October futures $3 per hundredweight higher. The focus on potential global demand helped spark buyers' interest, but aggressive gains were limited to 2018 contract months. By Rick Kment DTN Analy...
6 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Conservation practices can pay out financially for farmers, but it's the landowners who gain the most benefits by increasing the long-term value and resiliency of farmland. Farmers with a strong focus on conservation wanted to better understand the impacts of specific practices on farm...
6 Sep 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- More retail fertilizer prices are lower than higher for the first time in several months, according to prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of August 2018. Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers declined compared to last month, while the remaining three were still higher. The moves in eith...
6 Sep 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Jay Magnussen can't think of one reason why his stalks would be at risk for lodging this year. Instead, he can think of three -- right off the top of his head. First, there was the wet spring in northwest Iowa that forced his corn to form shallow roots. Then came the nitrogen loss, as t...