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18 Oct 2021
This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 18. It was last updated at 3:48 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 18. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Widespread precipitation across the U.S. last week slowed soybean harvest somewhat, while corn harvest continued at a steady pace, USDA NASS said in its weekly national Crop Progress report Monday. Soybe...
18 Oct 2021
The current shipping crisis has been an ongoing fiasco for well over a year and it continues to get worse. Shipping containers to load soybeans and other commodities have been elusive, especially for many ag shippers, as containers were returned to China empty. Railroad yards have been backlogged with containers for months. Perhaps the most stunnin...
15 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Fall grazing conditions across the High Plains differ considerably, depending on the location. Northern Plains grazers should be careful not to overgraze this fall after rains finally fell in the last couple of months. Those in the Central Plains will need to be careful baling corn residue, while Southern Plains producers might be ab...
15 Oct 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- A northwest Minnesota farmer charged with crop insurance fraud is prepared to enter a guilty plea, according to a court document filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota on Thursday. Lake Park, Minnesota, corn and soybean farmer Kevan Jon Nelson was charged in September after allegedly reporting false in...
14 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural groups are frustrated over the lack of any new trade talks by the Biden administration, especially in Southeast Asia as other countries now increasingly want to join the 11-country Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Pork producers, dairy farmers, corn farmers and grape growers high...