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20 Jun 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybeans reached nearly 100% planted and corn condition held steady during the week ended June 19, according to the USDA Crop Progress report released Monday. Soybeans are 96% planted nationwide, compared to 92% last week, 89% last year and a five-year average of 93%. Eighty-nine percent of the cr...
20 Jun 2016
By Richard SmithDTN Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO (DTN) -- Vietnam's imports of distillers' grains (DDG) for feed, almost exclusively from the U.S., have soared as Vietnamese pork producers attempt to build herds to keep up with increased China demand for the meat. USDA Foreign Agricultural Service's Global Agricultural Trade System statistics provided...
20 Jun 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- When it comes to harvesting alfalfa, growers want to make sure they get every pound possible from their fields. Minimizing field traffic and getting hay off the ground as soon as possible are an alfalfa grower's best bets to ensure good yields in the next cutting. Driving over fields too long afte...
17 Jun 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- A recent surge in Brazilian soybean prices will prompt farmers to substantially increase planted area in the upcoming 2016-17 season, consultants forecast. Area will grow by 1.2 million acres to 2.5 million acres or more, confounding initial expectations that area would ...
16 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Key leaders in agriculture and food industries pleaded Thursday for leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee to strike a deal on how to inform consumers that foods may contain ingredients from crops derived from genetically modified organisms. A spokesperson on the Senate Agriculture Committee...