Entries for August 2020
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31 Aug 2020
INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Cash rent negotiations between farm tenants and landowners will be tough again this fall as farmers face negative cash flows in 2021.Ad hoc federal payments in 2019 and 2020 kept many farmers at or above breakeven, but it's uncertain that aid will continue in 2021, explained ag economist Gary Schnitkey at the University of ...
31 Aug 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- With the prospects of considerably less crop drying in 2020 compared to last year, the propane outlook this fall looks to be favorable for buyers. Propane supplies appear to be plentiful, and prices are fairly steady before grain dryers begin to fire up again, according to propane analysts.A wild card in production could be what happ...
31 Aug 2020
DTN Closing Grain Comments 08/31 13:56 Grains Trade Higher Early, Finish Mixed Corn, soybeans and wheat were all trading higher Sunday evening and early Monday, but went different directions as the session progressed. By the close, new-crop contracts of soybeans, meal and all three wheats held on to gains for the day, while December corn and soybea...
31 Aug 2020
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/31 12:15 Modest Support Rallying Through Livestock Contracts Monday initially started out the day being nothing more than lackadaisical trade, but as the noon hour approached, support grew in all three sectors and the livestock complex trades fully higher into the afternoon. ShayLe Stewart DTN Livestock Analyst Gene...
31 Aug 2020
(Washington, D.C., August 31, 2020) – Deputy Undersecretary for Research, Education, Economics Dr. Scott Hutchins announced today that USDA has named Dr. Spiro Stefanou to lead the Economic Research Service (ERS) as its new Administrator.