Entries for August 2020
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26 Aug 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Wed, August 26 Exchange rate was 1.3157 down 0.0027 Chicago soybeans closed narrowly mixed. NOV20 HI 9.25 3/4 NOV20 HI 9.25 3/4 LOW 9.19 1/2 LOW 9.19 1/2 CLOSE9.24 1/4 Up 4 CLOSE 9.24 1/4 Up 4 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Basis U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +NOV20+NOV20+NOV20...
26 Aug 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 08/26 14:06 Soybeans Ride Export Sale to Higher Close November soybeans closed at a new 6-month high Wednesday, helped by news of a 14th soybean export sale announcement in August. December corn was slightly lower, while all three U.S. wheats finished higher, showing signs of support with a new winter planting season ahea...
26 Aug 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Ryan Jenkins likes to be hospitable, but hurricanes Marcos and Laura swirling toward the U.S. from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean this week are not welcome on his Jay, Florida, farm."It's a little stressful when the maps show them coming right toward you and making a big turn before they reach the Florida Panhandle," he sai...
26 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler gave no timeline for releasing 2021 renewable volume obligations in the Renewable Fuel Standard or for deciding on pending small-refinery exemptions, during a teleconference with reporters on Wednesday, as pressure mounts on the Trump administration to act.With just 69 days before the presidential ele...
26 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture and biofuel groups are mounting a defense of EPA's year-round E15 approval, arguing in a court brief filed in a federal appeals court that the agency was within its legal parameters with its action.Back in May, the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers challenged EPA's action. The group argued that E15 is not a fu...