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14 Jun 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst While November soybeans stole the spotlight last week with a 77-cent gain and traders were kept busy deciphering a new monthly round of USDA estimates, there was a thread of news that pointed to subtle changes taking place in a lesser-noticed country -- India. In the realm of ag news, India has long been overshadowed by i...
13 Jun 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn emergence neared 100% and soybean planting hit 92% during the week ended June 12, according to the USDA Crop Progress report released Monday. Corn is 96% emerged nationwide, compared to 90% last week, 95% last year and a five-year average of 94%. Corn condition stayed steady at 75% good to ex...
13 Jun 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- The legal battle to protect the trademark slogan "Pork, The Other White Meat" may see movement yet this summer in the court system, a pork industry official said this week during the World Pork Expo in Des Moines, Iowa. The National Pork Producers Council says it will continue to fight for ...
13 Jun 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Two Nebraska ethanol companies have made offers for four of Abengoa Bioenergy's seven ethanol plants, including two plants in Nebraska, one in Illinois and one in Indiana, according to a court motion filed Sunday. The U.S. holding company of Abengoa will auction off the company's ethanol plants this s...
10 Jun 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- After several years of running like clockwork, the story of Brazil's 2016 second corn crop has been of one problem after another. First there were the planting delays caused by late harvest of the summer soybean crop. Then there was the extremely dry weather across the c...