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2 Jul 2023
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Cue the fireworks. For farmers, a much-needed rain is cause for celebration -- no official holiday required. In southeast North Dakota, Chandra and Mike Langseth were feeling the relief this week as a splash of precipitation had taken the edge off thirsty crops – at least temporarily. Likewise, crops in northwest Missouri w...
2 Jul 2023
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of July 2. Watch for coverage of these and other topics throughout the week on our subscription platforms as well as on DTNPF.com. 1. Weather Damage Updates: We'll continue to watch and update how these strong weather systems bring good and not-so-good n...
30 Jun 2023
The 2023 June Stocks and Acreage report from the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was a double shocker, with soybean acres sharply lower than trade expectations and corn acres sharply higher. Following the release of the USDA reports, November soybean futures soared on planted acres that were 4 million below the March intentions. COR...
30 Jun 2023
By DTN Analysts This article was originally posted at 11:08 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 30, and updated again at 11:17 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. It was last updated with additional information at 11:20 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 30. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Friday released its Acreage and June 1 Grain Stocks reports. USDA said farmers planted 94.1 million ac...
29 Jun 2023
It's deja vu all over again when it comes to wildfire smoke filling the skies over the central U.S. in summer. For the second time in three seasons, haze from Canadian wildfires has blanketed Midwest skies. And that again raises the question of what impact -- if any -- smoky skies could have on developing crops. In 2021, the fire source was in the ...