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29 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will investigate reports of possible market manipulation following a fire that badly damaged a Tyson beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas, on Aug. 9. In the days following the plant fire, live cattle futures moved limit lower, adding strong pressure to cash cattle trade. In a press statement on Wednesda...
29 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- President Donald Trump will soon announce a plan to mitigate the effects of EPA's small-refinery exemptions, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told farmers Wednesday at the Farm Progress Show. Perdue said Trump is expected to plan a Midwest trip soon -- though no date is set -- and will ...
29 Aug 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- It's the billion-dollar question on everyone's mind. Over gas station coffee or six-packs of beer, in farm-store aisles or church pews, the dreaded F-word is dominating conversations in the Corn Belt. "The biggest stressor right now is will the crop finish ahead of frost," confirmed Bob B...
28 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Large decreases in average retail fertilizer prices were seen during the third week of August 2019, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. This marks the second time in a couple of years that prices have declined in unison, this time in back-to-back updates. Prices for all eight of the major fertiliz...
28 Aug 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst The slow progress and overall lateness of grain crops persists into the late summer of 2019, with the plants never really catching up after their inauspicious start. As of Aug. 25, we've got the nation's corn crop reaching its dented stage at 19 percentage points behind the five-year average pace; soybeans se...