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2 Aug 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- If Wednesday is hump day, then Aug. 1 seems a logical calendar date to declare the crop has climbed the proverbial hill to get through the season. While DTN's View From the Cab correspondents aren't exactly willing to call the 2018 crop made, they remain cautiously op...
2 Aug 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Welcome to August, a month when American families hit the road, American workers hit the lake and Europeans generally just board up their shops and leave their jobs behind for several weeks in a row. Even a lot of North American farmers I know, as long as they're not harvesting wheat or baling hay for cows, man...
2 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Earnings reports over the past two days showed two industry grain and oilseed trading giants had very different second quarters for 2018 as ADM took advantage of higher demand in China from South America while Bunge got caught on the bad side of some hedging losses and currency exchanges. The res...
1 Aug 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver will hear a Renewable Fuels Standard lawsuit challenging EPA's issuance of small refinery waivers, after the court ruled on Friday it is the proper venue. At the end of May, the Renewable Fuels Association, National Corn Growers Association, American Coaliti...
1 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue reiterated Monday that any aid checks to producers this fall likely won't make farmers financially whole, and USDA won't attribute every drop in commodity prices solely to trade complications. Perdue held a call with reporters Monday following the G20 agricultur...