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15 Jul 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Rather like the old Bible verse, some cornfields are starting to suffer for the sins of their planters. "As you might imagine, we're seeing a hodgepodge of problems, since so much of the corn was put in wet," said Purdue University corn agronomist Bob Nielsen. Between soil compaction a...
15 Jul 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst If you have been reading DTN's grain market commentary since June 28 -- or if you read Wednesday's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) preview, "July WASDE: Mirage or for Real?," you know all about our argument with the National Agricultural Statistics Service Information's (NASS) 91.7 million acre...
15 Jul 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- Pacific Ocean El Nino conditions appear to be ending, which may indicate drier times ahead for the Midwest. That was the message in a review of eastern Pacific temperatures by DTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Mike Palmerino. The Pacific Basin has maintained weak El Nino-level temperatures, wit...
12 Jul 2019
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The second named Atlantic Basin tropical weather system of the season, Tropical Storm Barry, is threatening to bring storm surge and heavy rain to the central Gulf Coast and the Delta. Barry reached tropical storm status early Thursday afternoon. The National Hurricane Center placed warnin...
12 Jul 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES (DTN) -- Agribusinesses, trade groups and farmers are excited about the prospects of gene-editing technology, but a great deal of unknowns remain about regulations and consumer acceptance. Gene editing drew a lot of attention this week at the BIO World Congress in Des Moines, Iowa, as experts highlig...