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DTN Closing Grain Comments 02/28 14:02

28 Feb 2019
DTN Closing Grain Comments 02/28 14:02 Grain and Soybean Markets Continue to Slide Lower on Fund Selling Corn and soybeans continue in a sideways-to-lower pattern, while Chicago wheat once again scored new contract lows, having fallen 68 cents since Feb. 13. Only Minneapolis wheat was able to close in the green, presumably on better demand, logisti...

Listen to the Land - 3

28 Feb 2019
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor When you irrigate a farm over the Ogallala Aquifer, as the Makovicka family does, you are tapping a shrinking resource. The aquifer, which lies under 175,000 square miles across eight states of the Great Plains, has fallen about 16 feet on average in the last several decades, according to the U.S...

Lighthizer Sees Bigger China Ag Trade

28 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told members of the House Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday that trade talks with China had reached a point of agreeing on enforcement mechanisms that would allow a trade deal to go forward. "What the president wants is an agreement that, No. 1, is en...

Kub's Den

28 Feb 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Low prices for major U.S. crops -- corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton -- make profitable farming a challenge. Geopolitical instability makes the global economy suffer and input costs are unpredictable. The agriculture community craves a savior, the "next big thing," that can stabilize revenue and save the family far...

DTN Midday Livestock Comments 02/28 11:53

28 Feb 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 02/28 11:53 Cattle Losses Pressure Feeder Trade Active pressure has quickly moved through feeder cattle futures. This has sparked underlying concerns that spillover pressure will erode recent gains in live cattle trade. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comments Firm pressure is building in cattle trade following tripl...
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