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24 Oct 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ethanol margins have seen significant improvement since Aug. 1, as plants have been cutting production costs, and ethanol prices have been on the rise. A number of ethanol plants have scaled back production during the past year in response to tough market conditions. DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels...
22 Oct 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Farmers have a range of choices when it comes to herbicide-tolerant soybean technology in 2020 -- up to seven different traits. When selecting seed, remember that disease, insect tolerance and other genetic characteristics should still top your soybean shopping list. But with the growt...
22 Oct 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:08 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 21. It was last updated at 3:46 p.m. CDT on Monday, Oct. 21. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. corn and soybean harvest made some headway last week but is the slowest it's been since 2009, according to USDA NASS' latest Crop Progress report released Mo...
21 Oct 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Following several days of mostly dry conditions across most U.S. crop areas, a new round of stormy weather is indicated in the forecast for the next-to-last week of October. Rain and wind are featured; the heaviest rain amounts are pointed toward the Northern Plains and northern Midwest, w...
21 Oct 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Polly Ruhland, chief executive officer for the United Soybean Board, came to the World Food Prize symposium this week to make a pitch. "At World Food Prize, what they think about is feeding the world -- using technology to feed the world," Ruhland said. "We think at USB, we should think not o...