Entries for March 2019
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12 Mar 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 03/12 12:15 Cattle Complex Under Pressure Cattle futures are low again struggling after the Cattle on Feed report was released and digested. Technical support was taken out in live cattle while feeders have held just above support, but have taken back much of the gains of last week. Hogs are holding their own as the sh...
12 Mar 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway on Feb. 27 was the first time in history that it had been opened in consecutive years. It is also the third time in four years that it has been opened, and the 13th time it has been operated since construction was completed in 1931. Operation of the structure will relie...
12 Mar 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite some lobbying last month by the crop-insurance industry, the Trump administration's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 again calls for reducing crop-insurance premiums, lowering income eligibility and reducing crop-insurance underwriting gains. The budget would also tighten income eligi...
12 Mar 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 03/12 11:43 All Grains Higher at Midday Wheat leads broadly firmer trade at midday with some 20 cent gains! By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are mixed with the Dow 90 points lower. The interest rate products are weaker. The dollar index is 28 lower. Energies are mixed, ...
12 Mar 2019
By Charles Johnson Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor The Chappell brothers use a simple principle to guide their crop-management decisions: Healthy soil helps make a healthy farm. It starts by thinking small. "The big key is the mycorrhizal network in the soil," said Adam Chappell, of Cotton Plant, Arkansas. "That means the soil is alive. If ...