Entries for March 2018
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15 Mar 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst When coal miners sent caged songbirds down mineshafts to indicate the presence of deadly carbon monoxide if their chirping stopped, the little birds' deaths occurred somewhere dark, cold and drippingly damp. In contrast, if a wheat plant dies, its death probably occurs somewhere sunny, dry and dusty -- maybe t...
15 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Grains 03/15 05:56 Back in the Green for the Ides of March May corn was 1 cent higher, May soybeans were 6 cents higher, and July Kansas City (HRW) wheat was 4 cents higher. By Darin Newsom DTN Senior Analyst 6:00 a.m. CME Globex: May corn was 1 cent higher, May soybeans were 6 cents higher, and July Kansas City (HRW) wheat was 4 cen...
15 Mar 2018
DTN Early Word Opening Livestock 03/15 05:53 Opening Hog Futures Likely to be Pressured by Defensive Fundamentals Expect lean hog futures to open mostly lower, checked by lower cash sales and struggling product demand. On the other hand, cattle futures may open no better than mixed with nearbys outperforming deferreds. By John Harrington DTN Livest...
15 Mar 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If you have a hankering for a sci-fi horror flick this summer, skip the theater and head straight to your soybean field. There, tiny parasitic wasps called Aphelinus certus will likely be flitting through your field, piercing soybean aphids with their stingers and inserting their eggs in...
14 Mar 2018
DTN Chart Technical Points 03/14 16:30 DTN FUTURES 10 3/14/18 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 MAR 495.75 490.00 493.78 478.58 456.16 62.41 62.47 60.49 32 25 75 79 CBTWT MAY 488.75 488.81 496.44 486.13 466.96 51.21 54.34 55.64 23 22 55 6...