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24 Oct 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., late last week launched a campaign to make changes to U.S. food aid programs in the next farm bill, but wheat groups defended the current system of sending American commodities to needy countries. Corker's ability to inf...
24 Oct 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst As new-crop soybeans head to U.S. rivers for shipment to the Gulf of Mexico, low water in some spots, high water in other areas and ongoing service issues will slow shipments. The Ohio River near Brookport, Illinois, has been the biggest problem child this fall. After being closed for nearly one week due to ri...
24 Oct 2017
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent OMAHA (DTN) -- A team of Chinese traders representing eight large soybean importing companies, include state-owned COFCO (China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation), Jiusan Group and privately-owned Hopefull Grain and Oil Group, visited soybean fields in the U.S. western Midwest recently. They checked...
23 Oct 2017
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Two different views of the oncoming 2017-18 winter season are making their way into discussion this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its winter forecast Oct. 19. The NOAA forecast noted that the Pacific Ocean temperatures are likely to fall to La N...
23 Oct 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- In a single letter written to senators from the Midwest on Thursday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt put to bed concerns in rural America that the agency would be making changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard that could be harmful to agriculture and biofuels. The EPA wi...