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6 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Responding to the U.S. push for higher tariffs on Chinese goods, Chinese officials announced Friday they would impose new tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. products, adding up to more than 5,200 items. Without giving specifics on the items involved, China said its new tariffs would range from 5% to ...
6 Aug 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Part of my job as DTN's grain market analyst is to keep track of price trends for various markets and let our readers know when those trends change. Most of the time, it is not hard to spot new highs or lows when important support or resistance levels are being broken. For most of the year, price changes in grains happen ...
3 Aug 2018
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent BLAIR, Neb. (DTN) -- Nebraska farmer Tim Andersen lost both of his parents last year. He operates the family farm near Blair, and while he's struggling to make a profit on corn and soybeans this year, he's also trying to find a way to settle the estate that satisfies his off-farm siblings. "Every farm...
3 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders from the Iowa Soybean Association touring Europe this week see optimism for greater U.S. sales growth in the region. At the same time, European officials are already touting just how much U.S. soybean sales to Europe already have increased this year. Iowa Soybean Association leaders held a...
3 Aug 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, R-Neb., praised the Senate's passage of her amendment that would extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for livestock haulers by one year, while she continues working to make the hours-of-service (HOS) requirements more flexible. Senator Fischer, a member of...