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10 Nov 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA's November Crop Production report stayed true to the old adage that big crops get bigger. And, in the case of soybeans and sorghum, USDA's forecasts came in above the range of pre-report expectations. USDA is now calling for a record 3.98 billion bushel soybean harvest, a 99 million bushel ...
10 Nov 2015
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Marcia Taylor DTN Executive Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers with base acres in multiple counties are getting a chance to reassess whether they could collect larger payments under the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC-County) program for the 2014-15 crop. Those checks, the first under the new county-based farm s...
9 Nov 2015
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Pre-report estimates for USDA's November round of numbers came in slightly larger than what was seen in October. USDA will release its Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CST Tuesday. CORN Domestic ending stocks of corn are expected to grow b...
9 Nov 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Ninety-three percent of the nation's corn and 95% of the soybeans were harvested as of Nov. 8, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report. Corn is 93% harvested, compared to 85% last week and an 88% five-year average. "Monday's report was neutral-to-bearish for corn," said DTN Analyst ...
9 Nov 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- The belated arrival of spring rains to the center-west and southeast of Brazil at the end of October and the first week of November caused the 2015-16 soybean planting to accelerate sharply last week, though progress is still well behind the five-year average pace. Planti...