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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...
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...