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8 Oct 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 7. It was last updated at 3:48 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 7. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The gap between the current percentage of U.S. corn and soybeans that has reached maturity and the five-year average narrowed slightly last week, but harvest progress f...
8 Oct 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The 2019 spring wheat and durum planting season was stalled by late-spring snow, along with constant rains in some of the key growing areas of the Northern Plains. Fast forward to September and early October and the same can be said for the harvest that never wants to end. Keith Brandt, general manager of Plai...
4 Oct 2019
By Matthew WildeDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor Nitrogen application in fall may become the next Blockbuster Video. Jason Webster, commercial agronomist for Precision Planting, used the analogy during a recent field day at the company's Precision Technology Institute (PTI), its research farm in Pontiac, Illinois. He told farmers that...
4 Oct 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Looking to right the ship with Midwest farmers, the Trump administration on Friday released its long-awaited proposal to restore the Renewable Fuel Standard and reallocate billions of gallons of biofuels granted in waivers to the petroleum industry. The Environmental Protection Agency will propos...
4 Oct 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst In the soy complex, 2012 marked a watershed moment for soybeans' two products, meal and bean oil. The drought of 2012 took December soybean meal prices up over 70% at one point, reaching a high of $541.80 in September. December soybean oil, on the other hand, could only manage an 11% gain to a high of 58.60 cents --...