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26 Sep 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst In the past three weeks, corn piles have been reappearing in parts of the Corn Belt. This isn't corn from an early harvest this year, though. These are piles of old-crop corn that producers are hauling off the farm to make room for the new-crop harvest. Angie Setzer, vice president of grain for Citizens LLC, told m...
26 Sep 2017
By Anthony Greder DTN Managing Editor and Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean harvest and winter wheat planting all lagged the five-year average pace during the week ended Sept. 24, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress and Condition report issued Monday. USDA estimated that 51% of corn was mature as of Sunday, well beh...
25 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn export inspections were bearish, soybean inspections were bullish and wheat inspection numbers were neutral, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections were 29.1 mb (738,779 mt) for the week ending Thursday, Sep. 21. This is below 53.4 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspec...
25 Sep 2017
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- As Arkansas pesticide regulators debated the fate of dicamba herbicides, farmer Perry Galloway sat quietly in the audience gallery through most of the day-long board meeting. It wasn't his plan to be so quiet. Galloway, of Gregory, Arkansas, and attorney Grant Ballard had prepared ...
25 Sep 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- As the third round of renegotiation talks for the North American Free Trade Agreement start Saturday in Ottawa, Canada, it's unclear how much trade negotiators have delved into the battle over Canada's supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs. Canadian officials appear focused on iss...