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19 Nov 2018
By Todd Hultman DTN Lead Analyst It was just over a week ago that USDA surprised markets with a 5.9 billion bushel (bb) increase in its estimate of China's corn stocks, and I am glad to say the impact on December corn prices has been minimal, down only about 4 cents or 5 cents from the close of the day before the report. In fact, trading in corn ha...
19 Nov 2018
By Katie Dehlinger DTN Farm Business Editor and By Elizabeth Williams DTN Special Correspondent OMAHA (DTN) -- Cash flow is a growing problem in farm country, and nearly all of the bankers that spoke with DTN at a recent conference said there's some part of their portfolio that's under significant financial stress. However, that portion is small, a...
19 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- After months of debate among livestock groups and the emerging cell-cultured protein industry, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a joint statement Friday announcing that both USDA and FDA will play a role in regulating cell-cultu...
16 Nov 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Few corn hybrids are fully protected from the western corn rootworm anymore -- not even pyramided Bt corn hybrids. In October, Corteva Agriscience informed EPA that the company has confirmed resistance to Cry34/35Ab1 (Herculex RW) in rootworm populations in the northeastern Iowa county...
16 Nov 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Pennsylvania's governor and state refining interests are putting pressure on EPA to grant additional small refinery waivers to the Renewable Fuel Standard, just ahead of the agency's Nov. 30 deadline to finalize new biofuels volumes for the upcoming year. Monroe Energy, LLC, requested a waiver on Tues...