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19 Jan 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Cotton prices and demand are "remarkably" strong despite the ongoing worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and financial crisis, economic and policy experts said during the recent Beltwide Cotton Conferences. March cotton futures surpassed 82 cents per pound on Jan. 13, up more than 30 cents in the past 10 months. The latest USDA projec...
19 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Producers need to keep a close eye on stored grain as damage from insect feeding will cut into profit when it is marketed. Identifying these insects and managing them accordingly is essential for those with grain in the bin. These were the observations of South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension field crop entomologist Adam Var...
15 Jan 2021
In one sense, I shouldn't be writing another article on corn. DTN staff professionally reported the highlights of Tuesday's USDA reports and were followed by a fuller discussion of the numbers by DTN Senior Analyst Dana Mantini later that afternoon. Read his recap here: https://www.dtnpf.com/…. DTN Contributing Analyst Alan Brugler dug even more in...
15 Jan 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Profit margins continued to fall at DTN's hypothetical ethanol plant as soaring corn prices offset higher ethanol prices at the 50-million-gallon Neeley Biofuels plant. The DTN National Corn Index has spiked from about $3.75 per bushel in early October to $4.99 on Wednesday. The March futures price on the Chicago Board of Trade -- th...
15 Jan 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- A new lawsuit alleges crop input manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers coordinated a boycott of online sales platforms such as Farmers Business Network and AgVend to prevent greater price transparency, a move the lawsuit argues amounts to collusion to keep prices artificially high in violation of antitrust laws. The la...