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26 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- Demand for meat is going to remain firm throughout the rest of 2018, and U.S. livestock producers will continue to see favorable feed prices. But livestock producers are going to be pressured on market prices for beef, hogs and poultry products because of increased production in most live...
23 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va., (DTN) -- USDA sees corn production down 1% and soybean production down 2% in the 2018-19 crop years as farmers won't quite match the yields they achieved in 2017-18. USDA released various commodity outlooks on Friday morning as part of the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum. The forecasts give the...
23 Feb 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If bugs snored, the din from your corn and soybean fields would be deafening right now. But they don't. So it's easy to forget that those quiet acres are teeming with overwintering insects, from tiny yellow rootworm eggs to the fat, glistening white grubs of the Japanese beetle. Let's ...
23 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- A lower U.S. dollar value could boost agriculture exports, but the long-term outlook offers no real light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling farm economy, USDA's chief economist said on Thursday. The USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, held just outside Washington, D.C., is the firs...
22 Feb 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- The month of February is important for growers in the key Corn Belt states who purchase revenue-based crop insurance policies. It's when the projected prices for those policies are set. During February, DTN will post a running tally of the December corn, November soybean and September Minneapolis wheat futures averages in Ag News. T...