Headline News
RECENT NEWS
2 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Republican senators from oil-producing states are pressing President Donald Trump to tell Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to effectively stay in his lane and out of EPA's decision-making on small-refinery exemptions under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Thirteen senators co-signed a letter to ...
2 Jul 2019
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 1. It was last updated at 4:05 p.m. CDT on Monday, July 1. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean conditions -- for the portion of those crops that was planted and emerged -- held steady last week, according to the latest USDA NASS Crop Progress rep...
1 Jul 2019
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:02 a.m. CDT. It was last updated at 12:10 p.m. CDT ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA increased its corn planting estimate to 91.7 million acres from its June WASDE estimate of 89.8 ma. While the latest estimate is a 1.1-ma drop from the agency's March Prospective Plantings estimate, it is above the high ...
1 Jul 2019
By Dana MantiniDTN Senior Analyst The 2019 June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) were certainly an eye opener. With most in the trade looking for another sharp fall in corn acres from the March intentions, the survey revealed a planted acreage number of 91.7 million acres (ma) -- 4.3 ma ab...
1 Jul 2019
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- From Ohio to Nebraska, farm real estate brokers note a firmness in the market that wasn't there three months ago. "Even six weeks ago, we were looking at selling $3.30-per-bushel old-crop corn. There's a much different feel right now in the market," said Doug Hensley, presid...