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14 Sep 2018
By Alan BruglerDTN Contributing Analyst USDA threw some bearish numbers at the corn market Wednesday, but pulled their punches a bit on the ending stocks side of the equation. As you may have heard by now, USDA not only disagreed with the private analysts fading their Aug. 1 crop estimates, they said, "We'll see you one and raise you one." Because...
13 Sep 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Soybean prices -- yuck. The National Soybean Index, an average of all the cash bids collected by DTN across the country each day, was $7.32 per bushel Tuesday. It's all I can think about, and all anyone asks me about whenever they want to discuss the grain markets. I am sick to my stomach dreading the upcoming ...
13 Sep 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The trade war between the U.S. and China has now gone on for over two months, and while recent reports say there are expectations for another meeting "soon," between the two countries, no meeting has been officially announced. Now, with President Donald Trump planning to impose new tariffs on about $200 billio...
13 Sep 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor This article was originally posted at 11:03 a.m. It was updated at 11:41 a.m. ** MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. -- Big crops keep getting bigger, according to USDA's latest yield estimates. The agency's forecast for corn yields increased by 2.9 bushels per acre while soybean yields grew by 1.2 bpa. The national aver...
12 Sep 2018
By Anthony GrederDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In its first corn harvest report of the season, USDA's National Ag Statistics Service estimated that 5% of the U.S. crop was harvested as of Sunday, Sept. 9, slightly ahead of the five-year average, according to the agency's weekly Crop Progress report released Tuesday. The report is normally relea...