Entries for February 2018
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23 Feb 2018
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 02/23 11:58 Light Trade Keeps Futures Weak Friday Light to moderate pressure redeveloped in cattle trade through most of the morning. This lack of buyer support and inability to cover short positions may add longer-term weakness to the complex. Hog markets have turned slightly lower as traders try to square positions f...
23 Feb 2018
DTN Midday Grain Comments 02/23 11:46 Grains Mixed at Midday Mixed trade at midday with soybeans firmer and corn/wheat lower. March option expiration is today. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are higher at midday with the Dow futures up 160 points. The interest rate products are lower. The doll...
23 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va., (DTN) -- USDA sees corn production down 1% and soybean production down 2% in the 2018-19 crop years as farmers won't quite match the yields they achieved in 2017-18. USDA released various commodity outlooks on Friday morning as part of the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. The forecasts give the...
23 Feb 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If bugs snored, the din from your corn and soybean fields would be deafening right now. But they don't. So it's easy to forget that those quiet acres are teeming with overwintering insects, from tiny yellow rootworm eggs to the fat, glistening white grubs of the Japanese beetle. Let's ...
23 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- A lower U.S. dollar value could boost agriculture exports, but the long-term outlook offers no real light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling farm economy, USDA's chief economist said on Thursday. The USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, held just outside Washington, D.C., is the firs...