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27 Jan 2020
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- In 2014, the choice between the Agricultural Risk Coverage program and the Price Loss Coverage program was simple. High corn and soybean prices translated to high benchmark revenues, which in turn, front-loaded ARC-County payments in the early years of the program and made it a...
24 Jan 2020
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 2:04 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 24. It was last updated at 2:40 p.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 12.0 million head on Jan. 1, 2020. The inventory was 2% above Jan. 1, 2019, USDA NASS...
24 Jan 2020
By Todd HultmanDTN Senior Analyst I admit, this is a bit odd for a market analyst who is constantly being asked where prices are headed, but between you and me, I don't like making predictions. Please understand, I put a lot of effort into making predictions and estimates because I know many are taking my words seriously and I want to do right by o...
24 Jan 2020
By Tregg CroninDTN Contributing Analyst Few financial assets have gotten off to as good of a start this year as Chicago wheat has, adding over 5.0% in 2020 to pair with its 11.0% gain in 2019. While the performance itself has been impressive, it is also worth noting Chicago wheat is now challenging the highest levels since 2015 after scraping decad...
23 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Whether you call it making forage supplies last longer or maybe eliminating forage feeding waste, cow-calf producers this winter need their supplies to last longer. Short supplies of good-quality forages because of higher-than-average rainfall in recent growing seasons have limited the hay supply in mo...