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1 Apr 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Bob Birdsell sold his 2019 calves last week. The farmer and cattle producer from Stanberry, Missouri, said a wet spring last year delayed his planting. This then slowed his harvest last fall, which pushed back his calf weaning. These delays forced him to sell his calves in March instead of February. T...
1 Apr 2020
By Dana MantiniDTN Senior Analyst USDA's Prospective Plantings and March 1 Grain Stocks reports held a few surprises, but market action was a bit subdued on corn and soybeans, while new-crop wheat reacted to the lowest planting intentions since those were first recorded in 1919. Despite what, on the surface, should have been a bearish corn plantin...
1 Apr 2020
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:03 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 12:02 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday released its annual Planting Intentions and quarterly March 1 Grain Stocks reports. Because DTN and other news outlets no longer have pre-release access to the reports, instead of one story, we are now sending a series o...
31 Mar 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal judge in Montana on Friday threw out a court case against 15 state beef councils filed by R-CALF USA after the beef councils signed agreements with USDA declaring that the Department of Agriculture has authority over their activities. Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowe...
31 Mar 2020
By Matthew WildeDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor AUSTIN, Texas (DTN) -- The worldwide COVID-19 health and economic crisis will make it difficult, but not impossible, for cotton farmers to make a profit this year. John R.C. Robinson, a Texas A&M professor and Extension economist, was optimistic that cotton prices could hit 75 cents pe...