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7 Nov 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The Locks and Dams 52 and 53 Replacement Project, known as the Olmsted Locks and Dam, opened for business on Aug. 30, 2018, after 30 years of construction and a $3 billion price tag. The project suffered years of delays due to delays in funding and lack of availability of appropriations, cost increases of mate...
7 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Archer Daniels Midland's chairman and CEO said Tuesday during an earnings call that it's possible China may not need to buy U.S. soybeans before early harvest arrives for Brazil's soybean crop. Juan Luciano, responding to an analyst's question about possible U.S. soybean exports to China in the n...
6 Nov 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn inspections remained bullish, while soybean and wheat inspections remained bearish in the latest USDA export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections totaled 49.4 million bushels for the week ended Thursday, Nov. 1, up from 18.0 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections for 201...
6 Nov 2018
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor The Woolfolk name may be best known in cattle circles where the Tennessee family has a reputation for high-quality registered Herefords. But, there's more than cattle to this 153-year-old Century Farm. Most of the locals around Jackson know the Woolfolks as hay farmers. Scott Woolfolk and dad, Jo...
6 Nov 2018
By Anthony GrederDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. farmers logged another week of double-digit gains in the corn and soybean harvest last week, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service said in its weekly Crop Progress report on Monday. As of Sunday, Nov. 4, 83% of the nation's soybeans were harvested, up 11 percentage points from the previous we...