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21 Oct 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN SA Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Brazilian farmers have not only forward sold a huge percentage of their coming soybean crop but also a large portion of the second-crop corn that follows it. As a result, second-crop corn area will likely grow by 13% to 27 million acres, forecasts Agroconsult, a local farm consulta...
20 Oct 2015
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "I had a cup of coffee, read two papers, and texted my son at 6 a.m. this morning." That's how DTN View From the Cab farmer Lane Robinson said he handled the three-hour time change from Eastern to Pacific Daylight Time. Lane has family living in Washington state. He and his wife, Jo ...
20 Oct 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices of potash continued to fall to record-breaking lows, dropping another 5% in the past week compared to month-earlier averages, according to DTN's weekly retail fertilizer survey. Prices of all other major types of fertilizer remained unchanged or with only small price adjustments of $1 per ton up ...
20 Oct 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- With just a couple of weeks to go before soybean planting begins in earnest in Argentina, the Buenos Aires Cereals Exchange forecast area would decline 1% to 48.9 million acres. While there are few positive factors pushing farmers into planting the oilseed, many will sow ...
19 Oct 2015
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Federal law says the maximum allowable weight for freight-shipping trucks is 80,000 pounds, although some states have higher limits that were grandfathered in when the federal rule was passed. The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) has been studying allowing an increase of that maximum weight to 91,000....