Entries for February 2020
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27 Feb 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - CORN REPORT FOR Thu, February 27 Exchange rate was 1.3361 up 0.0042 Chicago corn closed slightly to moderately lower. MAY20 HI 3.74 DEC20 HI 3.81 1/2 LOW 3.66 1/4 LOW 3.76 1/4 CLOSE3.68 Down 6 1/2 CLOSE 3.77 1/2 Down 4 OLD CROP BASIS NEW CROP BASIS Location Spot 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt Cntrct U.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAY20+MA...
27 Feb 2020
FARM MARKET NEWS - SOYBEAN AND WHEAT REPORT FOR Thu, February 27 Exchange rate was 1.3361 up 0.0042 Chicago soybeans closed narrowly mixed. MAY20 HI 8.97 NOV20 HI 9.14 1/2 LOW 8.78 1/4 LOW 9.02 1/4 CLOSE8.95 Up 3 CLOSE 9.13 1/2 Up 1/2 OLD CROP NEW CROP Location Basis 1mt 2mt 3mt U.S. $/bu $/mt BasisU.S. $/bu $/mt ELEVATORS +MAY2+MAY2+MAY20 CK Low 2...
27 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court has set aside an EPA directive banning scientists from serving on scientific advisory boards if they hold agency grants. The ruling leaves attorneys on both sides of the case questioning the next steps. On Feb. 10, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled the...
27 Feb 2020
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Imagine you are a freight provider -- a trucker, say -- and the demand for your services is so poor that the market's freight rates have not only dropped to an all-time low, they've actually gone negative. You are effectively paying your customers just to give your freight-hauling equipment something to do. Th...
27 Feb 2020
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (DTN) -- Commodity experts at the International Sweetener Colloquium here on Tuesday signaled that the announcements of the spread of the coronavirus and the fall of the stock market are making them uncertain about the future. Following the stock decline and concerns about the corona...