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13 Feb 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- "We have to do better." That was the challenge issued from Scott Senseman, a weed scientist and the 2018 president of the Weed Science Society of America (WSSA), to the hundreds of weed scientists and members of the ag industry gathered in New Orleans this week for the group's annual meetin...
13 Feb 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor CUIABA, Brazil (DTN) -- While corn remains the major safrinha crop for Brazilian farmers, more cotton acreage is being planted in Mato Grosso this spring, as well. Over the past two years, cotton planting has increased by nearly one-third for the safrinha (second crop) in Mato Grosso. The Institute for Mato Gro...
13 Feb 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst Much of last week in DTN's newsroom was spent preparing for USDA's reports on Friday. Ever since USDA closed the lockup room in Washington, D.C., last year, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report day has taken on an extra layer of anxiety as a whole village of staff plans and works behind the s...
12 Feb 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst During the signing of the tax overhaul bill on Dec. 22, 2017, President Donald Trump said, "Infrastructure is by far the easiest," according to a Washington Post article from Jan. 3, 2018. "People want it -- Republicans and Democrats. We're going to have tremendous Democrat support on infrastructure as you kno...
12 Feb 2019
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst USDA graced us with a number of reports on Friday, Feb. 8, including final Crop Production, Grain Stocks and updated World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE). The WASDE report put the stocks-to-use ratio at only 11.7%. If realized, that would be the tightest since 2013-14, when it was 9.16%. The...