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8 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter A number of market conditions created the perfect storm in the past week that resulted in a dramatic fall in spot prices of distillers dried grains. The DTN weekly average DDG spot price dropped $12 per ton in the past week from $154 per ton to $142. This is the third week that the average has fallen, dropping ...
8 Jul 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazil's grain transport and port logistics has coped well in 2016. With new port capacity due to come on line in the next few years, Brazil hopes to have put the years of massive soybean truck lines and long loading delays behind it. "We want to promote farm exports and...
7 Jul 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent PARANAGUA, Brazil (DTN) -- Looking across the newly reformed quay on Paranagua ports grain export corridor, all looks tranquil. One Panamanian vessel loads soymeal in the foreground, while a Chinese vessel unloads fertilizer more than 160 feet behind. But the calm belies the excellent performance...
7 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Weeds left to have their way with corn and soybean crops can trim up to half of the yield potential. That's the assessment of a new report released by the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA). The study assessed yield losses from 2007 to 2013, according to Anita Dille, professor of weed ecology...
7 Jul 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist There is a lot of interest in proper soil nutrient management today, driven not just from a crop yield or economic point of view, but from an environmental perspective. Keeping nutrients out of surface waters, whether it's to prevent hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, algae blooms in Lake Erie, or to deal ...