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28 Sep 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Seventeen months of estimating U.S. ending corn and soybean stocks for 2017-18 comes to an end with USDA's September 1 Grain Stocks report on Friday. At 11 a.m. CDT on Sept. 28, USDA will issue both the Grain Stocks report and a Small Grains Summary. CORN Back on May 10, 2017, USDA's World Agricultural Supp...
28 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Former South Carolina congressman Bob Inglis is trying to recruit conservatives to help Congress reconsider how lawmakers view climate change and solutions such as carbon taxes. "Conservatives are the most important people on the planet when it comes to climate change," Inglis said, "beca...
28 Sep 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- There's more to harvest than putting a combine in the field. DTN's View from the Cab farmers would prefer to go into the gathering season with a plan in mind. Obviously maturity matters, said Genny Haun, who farms near Kenton, Ohio. "Prioritizing harvest around he...
27 Sep 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday hardened his line against China, its retaliatory tariffs and its public relations campaign by accusing China of interfering in the U.S. midterm elections. Trump later said China is attacking the "farm belt" with ads and tariffs. "I don't like it when they attac...
27 Sep 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Rainy weather across large swaths of the Corn and Soybean Belt is threatening to delay harvest and cause problems for growers. Be on alert for stalk problems, grain quality issues and -- in the case of flooded fields -- the possibility that your crop is no longer food safe, experts told ...