Entries for February 2019
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4 Feb 2019
DTN Closing Grain Comments 02/04 13:47 Grains Snooze to Mostly Firm Close March contracts of corn, soybeans and the two winter wheats finished slightly higher Monday on light volume, starting the week quiet with USDA's WASDE report due Friday. Energy and metal futures are mostly lower while the March U.S. dollar index is trading moderately higher.
4 Feb 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 02/04 12:44 Buying Floods Into Livestock Trade Monday Triple-digit gains have quickly swept through livestock futures Monday morning. Lean hog futures have led the complex higher. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comments Triple-digit gains are seen through cattle and hog futures Monday morning. Lean hog futures are l...
4 Feb 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 02/04 11:37 Grain Trade Mildly Mixed at Midday Soybeans lead lightly firmer trade. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are flat with the Dow 5 points higher. The interest rate products are firmer. The dollar index is 29 points higher. Energies are weaker with crude down $1...
4 Feb 2019
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Despite the fifth year of lower commodity prices and projections for negative profit margins heading into 2019, farmland prices remain stubbornly stable. Farm Credit Services of America, based in Omaha, Nebraska, reported its benchmark farm values down 1.4% in Iowa compared ...
4 Feb 2019
By Rod MauszyckiDTN Tax Columnist I recently received an email from one of my larger farm clients that has several employees who work from home. The employees expressed concern over the loss of the miscellaneous itemized deductions -- home office expenses. This made me realize that the new tax laws are still causing some confusion. Clarifying the c...