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14 Aug 2019
By Dana MantiniDTN Senior Analyst The USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report for August was a shock, with corn acreage, yield and production well above pre-report expectations, which sent corn to limit losses. While the soybean report was mildly supportive, wheat production was bearish. December corn finished off 25 cent...
14 Aug 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- What's worse -- too much rain or too little? The 2019 season is putting that question to the test in Kansas and Missouri, where rainfall and flooding has challenged corn and soybean yields nearly as much as the drought that spanned both states last year. The DTN/Progressive Farmer 2019 D...
14 Aug 2019
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Considering the wet spring that plagued Nebraska and South Dakota this year, corn and soybean yields are holding their own, but growers say average yields conceal a wide variation of crop conditions. The DTN/Progressive Farmer 2019 Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligenc...
13 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers were unable to plant just under 19.3 million acres in crops this year, dominated by 11.2 million prevented planting acres for corn and 4.35 million acres for soybeans, according to a USDA Farm Service Agency acreage report released Monday. The FSA report added further confusion to numbers...
13 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The federal government finalized three rules on Monday that make a number of changes to the Endangered Species Act, after introducing the proposal in 2017 as a result of an executive order signed by President Donald Trump. Most notably, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed its blanket rule in th...