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16 Jul 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst It's no secret that it's been a very rough year so far on the entire Mississippi River System. Never-ending rains have kept water levels high, closing many locks and dams more than once and shuttering the St. Louis Harbor numerous times, virtually stopping any traffic north or south of there. In fact, the Lowe...
16 Jul 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:04 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 15. It was last updated at 3:39 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 15. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean development continued to lag behind the average pace last week, but conditions for both crops rose slightly, according to the latest USDA NASS Crop P...
15 Jul 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Rather like the old Bible verse, some cornfields are starting to suffer for the sins of their planters. "As you might imagine, we're seeing a hodgepodge of problems, since so much of the corn was put in wet," said Purdue University corn agronomist Bob Nielsen. Between soil compaction a...
15 Jul 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst If you have been reading DTN's grain market commentary since June 28 -- or if you read Wednesday's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) preview, "July WASDE: Mirage or for Real?," you know all about our argument with the National Agricultural Statistics Service Information's (NASS) 91.7 million acre...
15 Jul 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Pacific Ocean El Nino conditions appear to be ending, which may indicate drier times ahead for the Midwest. That was the message in a review of eastern Pacific temperatures by DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino. The Pacific Basin has maintained weak El Nino-level temperatures, wit...