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8 Dec 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Congressional appropriators released the text of a continuing resolution that would fund the government through April and also includes provisions to provide money for USDA loans and summer feeding programs. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss., said the Furt...
8 Dec 2016
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst As much of the U.S. shudders from the chill of a wintery arctic blast, USDA's December reports aren't expected to warm things up much. USDA will release its latest Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CST Friday. SOYBEANS Changing things up a bit, let's sta...
8 Dec 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's selection to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Associated Press and a number of other major media outlets reported Wednesday. Farmers and ranchers who have been concerned for years about what they perceive as an...
7 Dec 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst It's not always wise to plunge headfirst into an arbitrage trade just because the numbers on your screen may look like an opportunity. From a purely mathematical standpoint, we could argue that Kansas City Hard Red Winter wheat futures look underpriced compared to the benchmark Chicago wheat futures contract, ...
7 Dec 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor STARKVILLE, Miss. (DTN) -- The South is at war with weeds. Some 280 participants packed into a town meeting here on Monday to talk about how to regain the upper hand against a growing list of resistant adversaries such as Palmer pigweed, Italian ryegrass and marestail. The meeting was the ...