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13 Jun 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst From November 2016 to January 2017, North Dakota had received 47 inches of snow, and South Dakota railcars and locomotives were buried in snow. But in last week's USDA Crop Progress report, those same areas are now suffering through drought conditions. In a Jan. 23, 2017, story I wrote titled "Mother Nature Unkind t...
12 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- While there is enthusiasm to rebuild the inland waterways system, farmers who sell grain to river terminals along key waterways could end up losing some value on their grain and oilseed in the funding plan for lock-and-dam projects being proposed by the Trump administration. "There's no ques...
12 Jun 2017
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA left domestic corn and soybean production unchanged in the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report on Friday, but bumped both old-crop and new-crop soybean ending stocks both domestically and globally. Because of a 15-million...
9 Jun 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Production reports in June are not known for their dramatic surprises, and Friday's latest round of estimates did not damage that age-old reputation. Other than a few updates on South American crops, few changes were made. We will have to wait for USDA's A...
9 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Farm groups that have worked for years to bring attention to the state of inland waterways showered praise on President Donald Trump's speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Wednesday in which the president talked specifically about upgrading locks and dams. "These critical corridors of commerce dep...