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13 Jul 2020
(Dow Jones) -- The two leading superpowers could help heal the world as the coronavirus has damaged global economies.The U.S. has reached a critical inflection point in its relationship with China, made all the more urgent because of the Covid-19 virus.The virus and its resulting pandemic is an unfolding story, presenting new challenges each day, y...
13 Jul 2020
The USDA Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) reports, released Friday, July 10, had a bearish reaction in the markets. In the corn and soy markets, USDA sliced domestic demand, leading to higher-than-expected beginning stocks for 2020-21. Demand for corn was also lowered in the 2020-21 crop year. The cuts in de...
13 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Profit margins for typical dry-mill ethanol plants have improved dramatically since May, as the industry was stuck in the mire of the COVID-19 economic shutdown and virtually no demand for fuels.As an increasing number of people are traveling for the summer months and more states are opening up, improving demand for gasoline has led ...
10 Jul 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Western Lake Erie is expected to have a more moderate algae bloom this summer after a drier spring in the region, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, announced in its forecast on Thursday.A toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie in August 2014 contaminated Toledo drinking water supplies. About 500,000 residents were...
10 Jul 2020
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- As July gets underway, state regulators, weed scientists, agronomists and farmers are reporting off-target dicamba injury to crops and plants for the fifth summer in a row.This year, some of the most widespread symptomology and crop injury is being reported in Iowa, where scientists told DTN that weather conditions, court ru...