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13 Aug 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Every weekday, DTN collects about 2,940 soybean bids from around the country and from those bids the national average basis is produced. If you look at DTN national average basis chart that coincides with this article, you will see that for the entire 2018-19 crop year, it has laid on the very bottom of the ch...
12 Aug 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst With USDA ready to release the results of its second planting survey, all eyes will be on what should be the first credible corn crop estimate of 2019. Soybeans and wheat will have their own new numbers to consider, but the corn estimate has the most potential for surprise and may also influence Monday's soybean an...
12 Aug 2019
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- There's an elephant in the room, and the DTN/Progressive Farmer 2019 Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, is getting ready to shine a spotlight on it. Speculation about how the 2019 corn and soybean crops are coming along is probably as wide and varied as it's ever been. That's why...
12 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- The Iowa State Fair offers Democratic presidential candidates a chance this week to stump before a crowd and try to generate some momentum, if they can avoid a gaffe while in the state. Former Vice President Joe Biden walked into a gaffe Thursday evening when he misspoke, saying "poor ...
9 Aug 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- For a large area of the Midwest, the rain valve that had been wide open in spring now has been closed with an extra vise-grip turn. From eastern Nebraska to central Ohio, rainfall during the early July to early August time frame has run well under 50% of normal. In fact, a large part of we...