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28 Sep 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst While corn and soybean prices languish under the weight of this fall's anticipated record harvests, there has been one grain-related contract that has traded higher the past eight weeks. Not only is January soybean oil up 8% since the end of July, but spot soybean oil is within two cents of its highest price in two years....
28 Sep 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- David Brown, of Carmine, Illinois, probably wouldn't call himself a Southerner. But the corn, soybean and wheat farmer is getting a taste of Southern crop management this year, after southern corn rust breached the Mason-Dixon line for the second year in a row. "We will have to be more p...
28 Sep 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As has been the trend in recent weeks, retail fertilizer prices continued to decline the third week of September 2016, according to retailers tracked by DTN. All eight of the major fertilizers are lower compared to last month. Leading the way lower again this week is 10-34-0. The starter fertilizer is ...
26 Sep 2016
By Todd Hultman DTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and wheat inspections were bullish while soybean inspections were neutral in this week's export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections were 52.6 million bushels (1,335,643 metric tons) for the week ending Thursday, Sept. 22. This is above 31.9 mb for ...
26 Sep 2016
By DTN/Progressive Farmer Staff The U.S. is expecting a large corn crop, projected as high as 15.09 billion bushels, and the 2016 wheat crop yields have been at or near record levels in several wheat classes. However, Alltech mycotoxin expert Dr. Max Hawkins has a warning: Quantity should not distract producers from being vigilant regarding qualit...