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25 Jan 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The Old Vicksburg Bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is beginning to resemble a pinball machine as river barges have bounced against piers under it. Those collisions have also affected rail transportation in the area. River basis is slowly recovering from the more than one month of flooding, and rail basis to ...
25 Jan 2016
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- China cotton imports continue to plummet as government policies encourage textile manufacturers to use domestic supplies and low oil prices drive increased use of synthetics. Official data from the China General Administration of Customs pegged December's cotton imports at 188,000 tons, making th...
22 Jan 2016
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Competitors' currencies will continue to weigh on the grain markets in 2016, as will large global stockpiles that show no signs of shrinking. Throw in a wild card -- Argentina -- and the prospect for farm-gate prices returning to profitable levels seems difficult. DTN Senior Analyst Darin Newsom said...
22 Jan 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- A religious-based exemption in President Barack Obama's health care law is suddenly becoming an attractive alternative for some small-business owners who find escalating health insurance premiums too pricey. Fewer than a half million people in the U.S. are now controlling their...
22 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The issue of most concern to the distillers grains industry at present is the recent announcement by China that its Ministry of Commerce has initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles exports to China. Kurt Rosentrater, executive ...