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12 May 2022
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Todd Neeley, DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A congressional report released Thursday spotlighted how executives at major meatpacking companies lobbied the Trump administration to require employees to work in spring 2020 when COVID-19 was causing packing plants to shut down due to sick or scared workers...
12 May 2022
The highlight of the May 12 USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report turned out to be wheat, featuring a greater-than-expected drop in both U.S. and world stocks, sending all three wheat futures markets briefly up the daily limit, before setting back. Changes in the May WASDE soybean numbers were mostly neutral, with corn ...
12 May 2022
By DTN Analysts This article was originally posted at 11:01 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 12:25 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- In USDA's first detailed forecast of the 2022-23 corn and soybean crops, the May World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) pegged corn production at 14.46 billion bushels (bb) and the soybean crop at 4.64 bb with both pr...
11 May 2022
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Once again, farmers are busy laying out a large dinner buffet of freshly planted corn and soybeans -- but they don't get much control over the guest list. The most likely party crashers of #plant22? Expect the usual lurking soil-borne insects, such as white grubs, seed corn maggots and wireworms, as well as other early seaso...
11 May 2022
USDA's May 12 WASDE report will be the first in 2022 to offer a mix of old- and new-crop estimates, taking into account drought in several regions, the war in Ukraine and a new season of planting getting underway in the U.S. CORN The Thursday, May 12, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report finds traders concerned about drough...