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14 Mar 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Justin Knopf's farm in central Kansas went 120 days without a drop of moisture this winter. Now his winter wheat crop is waking up, looking for water, and finding little to none. "The Southern Plains drought is intense," said DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Bryce Anderson. "Many stations in...
14 Mar 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst For U.S. grain producers, the presence of noncommercial traders in grain futures has always been both a blessing and a curse, and we are already seeing evidence of that again in 2018. Friday's CFTC data showed noncommercial speculators increased net-long holdings in corn a sixth consecutive week to 320,384 contracts, the ...
13 Mar 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The two largest general farm organizations have a different take on what should happen with the Section 199A tax provision, but 77 separate businesses in 28 states also have written a letter to Congress calling on lawmakers to fix the problems created by the "grain glitch." The letter includes co...
13 Mar 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., (DTN) -- Jeff Broin, the founder of POET, a South Dakota company that builds and manages ethanol plants, plans to present the White House with a proposal to multiply the number of Renewable Identification Numbers (RINs) and reduce compliance costs, according to a one-page document his...
13 Mar 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Last year, Brent and Lisa Judisch agreed to let DTN readers follow their growing season through weekly reports from the field and farm. The Cedar Falls, Iowa, couple never dreamed so many readers would come along for the ride. For the past 13 years, DTN's View From th...