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25 Mar 2019
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 2:08 p.m. CDT. It was updated at 2:19 p.m. CDT. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.8 million head on March 1, 2019. The inventory was 1% above March 1, 2018, USDA reported Friday. Pla...
25 Mar 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After months of denials and vague language, EPA has confirmed it is considering limiting the ability of states to restrict pesticide use beyond the federal label. State regulators are expressing alarm at this development, particularly those dealing with widespread dicamba injury, which a...
25 Mar 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst Just four months after China's government and USDA said "oops," there's actually 5.9 billion bushels (bb) more corn in China than we previously estimated, we are once again being asked to assess inventory estimates for a tight-lipped Asian competitor that may or may not be accurate. This time the attention is on the ...
22 Mar 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump approved Nebraska's expedited request for federal disaster assistance on Thursday, opening the door to help the state recover from flood damages that include nearly $1 billion in preliminary losses to agriculture. Trump's action makes federal funding available to repair public i...
22 Mar 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Dicamba-tolerant crop acreage could grow even larger in the next decade, when and if Bayer's XtendFlex corn reaches the market. This corn trait, developed by Monsanto and now under Bayer's ownership, tolerates in-crop applications of dicamba and glufosinate and is expected to be stacked ...