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29 Mar 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The summary of Kyle Krier's 2018 crop season was one of wacky weather. The frequent rains that found his central Kansas farm kept him scrambling and provided plenty of fodder for weekly reports to DTN. For the past 14 years, DTN's View from the Cab series has encou...
29 Mar 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Among the frustrations right now in selling commodities such as soybeans to China is that officials in the country are only allowing government-owned businesses to buy commodities, which is one of the main ways Chinese officials keep close restrictions on the market. Lindsay Greiner, president of...
29 Mar 2019
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on March 1, 2019, was 74.3 million head. This was up 2% from March 1, 2018, but down slightly from Dec. 1, 2018, USDA reported on Thursday. Breeding inventory, at 6.35 million head, was up 2% from last year, and up slightly from the previous quarter. Market hog inventory, at 6...
29 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Confined animal feeding operations and other farming operations in the Raccoon River watershed in west-central Iowa would be required to implement numerical nutrient runoff standards, the state would have to implement a plan to restore the watershed, and CAFO construction or expansion would be halted ...
28 Mar 2019
By Brian L. MilneDTN Refined Fuels Editor ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Wednesday reported inventories of propane/propylene held in U.S. storage rose 4.3 million barrel (bbl) in the week-ended June 22 to 58.4 million bbl, with domestic exports down significantly from the week prior and stocks in Gulf Coast ...