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11 Jul 2016
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Where does one start? Usually preview discussion of USDA's July Crop Production and Supply and Demand reports is relatively simple, the numbers expected to be benign as they fall between the June 30 hullabaloo and August's initial survey hype. But this time is different. This time USDA is expected to incorporate so...
11 Jul 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Weaker corn and soybean cash prices are not helping basis to rally as one would expect. And the continued outlook for large corn and soybean crops this growing season is not helping. Soybean basis was trading near historical lows at the end of May 2016, as increasing cash prices had kept basis from moving hig...
8 Jul 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Senate late Thursday passed the genetically modified foods disclosure and labeling bill written by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. The vote was 63 to 30. The vote on final passage took place after a vote on a m...
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...