Entries for August 2015
RECENT NEWS
31 Aug 2015
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Defining a fair rent is likely to get a little tricky this fall. Landowners read the headlines, "Cash rents have to come down" for farmers to survive. "But my landowning clients ask what about equipment costs, family living expenses and crop inputs?" said Dale Aupperle with Hea...
31 Aug 2015
DTN Chart Technical Points 08/31 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 8/31/15 SLOW STOCHASTIC PRICES ARE DECIMAL MOVING AVERAGES RSI'S 5 Day 20 Day CONTRACT CLOSE 4-Day 9-Day 18-Day 45-Day 9Day 14Day 30Day %K %D %K %D CBTWT SEP 482.50 483.38 492.64 498.93 526.85 37.22 39.02 43.42 14 13 12 23 CBTWT DEC 485.00 488.19 497.28 503.64 533.33 33.27 36.42 41.96 11 12 12 2...
31 Aug 2015
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 08/31 15:51 Lean Hog Futures Bolt Significantly Higher Hog contracts settled sharply higher thanks to aggressive short covering and bull spreading. Conversely, live and feeder futures closed lower as specs and commercial recoiled from last week's late rally. By John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst GENERAL COMMENTS: Bu...
31 Aug 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition ratings dropped slightly while soybean conditions held steady in the week ended Aug. 30, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report. Sixty percent of the nation's corn crop is in the dent stage and 9% is mature, compared to 39% and not available last week and five-year averages...
31 Aug 2015
DTN Closing Grain Comments 08/31 14:00 Grains Eke Out Higher Close Grains ended slightly higher Monday, overcoming their lower early start with bullish influence coming from a third consecutive day of higher crude oil prices. Another reported export sale of new-crop soybeans to unknown destinations helped keep suspicions alive that China continues ...