Entries for August 2019
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28 Aug 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst The slow progress and overall lateness of grain crops persists into the late summer of 2019, with the plants never really catching up after their inauspicious start. As of Aug. 25, we've got the nation's corn crop reaching its dented stage at 19 percentage points behind the five-year average pace; soybeans se...
28 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- While farmers admire the latest agriculture machinery this week, leaders of national commodity groups at the Farm Progress Show are talking about demand and looking for the upside in pending trade deals. Bill Gordon, vice president of the American Soybean Association and a farmer from Wor...
28 Aug 2019
(Washington, D.C. August 28, 2019) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement regarding the beef processing facility in Holcomb, Kan.:
28 Aug 2019
DTN Midday Livestock Comments 08/28 12:09 Gains Help Spark Renewed Interest Light to moderate buyer support is trickling into livestock trade midweek. The ability to break away from earlier losses has helped to stimulate steady to firming market interest through the entire complex. By Rick Kment DTN Analyst General Comments Firm gains have develope...
28 Aug 2019
DTN Midday Grain Comments 08/28 10:58 Grain Trade Mixed at Midday Row crops turn positive at midday. By David Fiala DTN Contributing Analyst General Comments The U.S. stock market indices are firmer with the Dow 195 higher. The dollar index is 15 points higher. Interest rate products are weaker. Energies are firmer with crude up $1.10. Livestock tr...