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12 Sep 2022
Twelve rail unions have been stuck in contract negotiations for more than two years. As of Sept. 12, the two largest unions have not entered into a tentative agreement. That means when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 16, at least 90,000 engineers, conductors, brakemen, switchmen and other train service employees can walk off the job. On Sept....
12 Sep 2022
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:06 a.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 12. It was last updated with additional information at 2:59 p.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 12. ** USDA on Monday cut corn production 415 million bushels (mb) to 13.94 billion bushels (bb), and also cut soybean production 153 mb to 4.378 bb as well. Corn yield was lowered ...
9 Sep 2022
All eyes will be on USDA's new corn and soybean yield estimates Monday, Sept. 12, the first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report of the year to include field-based observations. But that's not all -- USDA's NASS will also have an earlier-than-usual review of planting estimates for several crops, including corn and soybeans....
9 Sep 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Gro Intelligence's national corn yield estimates climbed by nearly 3 bushels in the month following the DTN Digital Yield Tour, while its soybean yield prediction declined by half a bushel. Gro's yield models update daily as new data becomes available, and as of Sept. 8, the national average corn yield was 170 bushels per...
8 Sep 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The clock is ticking closer to the possibility of a rail shutdown, and businesses that use rail to ship their products are getting nervous. Agriculture shippers are especially concerned as the U.S. fall harvest starts to ramp up. With no end in sight yet for a resolution to a new rail worker contract, the National Grain and Feed Asso...