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20 Nov 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though agriculture is experiencing pressures on a number of fronts, the head of the Farm Credit Administration told federal lawmakers on Tuesday the overall credit system remains in good shape. Glen R. Smith, chairman and chief executive officer of the FCA, said during a hearing before the House Subc...
20 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The 2019 sugarbeet harvest in the Red River Valley ended on Nov. 9 when American Crystal Sugar Company (ACSC) was no longer able to continue taking frozen beets to process, leaving farmers with unharvested beets, some of which will stay in the field and rot over the winter. American Crystal Sugar Company is a...
20 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is readying yet another attempt to set limits on speculative trading and swaps positions in a proposed rule expected to come out early in 2020. CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert told DTN in an interview last week that a draft for a proposed rule is on his d...
19 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) weekly average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted was $2 higher at $143 per ton for the week ended Nov. 14. Prices were mixed, but the weakness in the cash corn price has been balanced once again by stronger basis values in some areas where...
19 Nov 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As if the 2019 growing season didn't have enough weather challenges, corn harvest has come to a complete halt for some farmers as propane for crop drying has been hard to secure. Increased demand nationwide due to extremely cold weather is limiting supplies available for drying crops. While extremely f...