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17 May 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst The end of the 2017-18 season is still more than a year away, but if USDA's new estimates are close, world corn use will exceed production for the first time in seven seasons by 28.64 million metric tons or 1.13 billion bushels. USDA's lower estimate of world ending corn stocks at 195.3 mmt doesn't justify $5.00 a bushel...
16 May 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst On May 2, flooding from heavy rains inundated farm fields, homes and businesses in Arkansas. The storms caught both livestock and row-crop farmers at a critical time, according to Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau. "We have livestock farmers who have lost cattle in the floods, miles of fencing has ...
16 May 2017
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser If you own land, livestock and equipment, the question of how to be fair when transitioning assets to the next generation is one of the most difficult subjects you face. While some business owners sell assets to the next generation, many in our capital-intensive agriculture industry view inheritance and gi...
16 May 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean inspections were bullish again this week, while wheat inspections were neutral in this week's export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections were 55.0 mb (1,395,853 mt) for the week ending Thursday, May 11. This is above 44.6 mb for the same...
15 May 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The former head of the Farm Service Agency under the Obama administration is among those supporting at least parts of the USDA reorganization plan rolled out this week by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue. Val Dolcini, who led FSA from 2015 until leaving last January, told DTN that farmers, ran...