Entries for January 2019
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17 Jan 2019
DTN Closing Grain Comments 01/17 14:07 Corn, Wheat and Soybeans Spike Higher Corn, soybeans and wheat began to rally sharply at midday as rumors of wheat business to China and a firming CIF corn basis fueled the rally. By Dana Mantini DTN Senior Analyst General Comments:
17 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will reopen about half of the country's Farm Service Agency offices for three days starting Thursday to help farmers with existing farm loans and provide tax documents to borrowers such as 1099 forms. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Wednesday that about 2,500 Farm Service Agency...
17 Jan 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Consulting Analyst NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Hemp was a big deal at the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting. U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., who began advocating for industrial hemp while he was Kentucky's agriculture secretary, talked about the crop and the 2018 farm bill, which removes hemp from being classified as a controll...
17 Jan 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst The corn market had been moseying in an upward direction through fall and winter, and then, upon approaching the higher end of its long-term sideways range, it started moseying back away. Front-month corn futures haven't ventured below $3.01 or above $4.39 1/4 per bushel since June 2014. They haven't even ventu...
17 Jan 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 01/17 11:51 Feeder Cattle Lead Complex Lower Pressure quickly developed across all feeder cattle markets as triple-digit losses quickly moved prices below short-term support levels in spot January contracts. This sparked additional weakness through the entire cattle market. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comments Sh...