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10 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday the U.S. Senate needs to end a hold on the nomination of Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey to a key USDA post and also pushed ethanol and oil interests to work out their differences with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Grassley told reporters he hasn't ta...
10 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday the U.S. Senate needs to end a hold on the nomination of Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey to a key USDA post and also pushed ethanol and oil interests to work out their differences with the Renewable Fuel Standard. Grassley told reporters he hasn't ta...
10 Jan 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Anyone who reads DTN market analysis knows by now that we pay a lot of attention to weekly CFTC data, which tells us how noncommercial traders and commercial firms are positioned in the futures markets. Knowing how these two groups look at markets differently, and typically oppose each other, yields numerous market clues ...
9 Jan 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The only place where frozen bodies of water are a good thing this time of year is in the Upper Midwest where many of us Northerners enjoy the winter ritual of ice fishing. Icing on the U.S. river system, however, is not a welcome sight, as it causes delays and dangerous conditions for tows pushing barges tryin...
9 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NASHVILLE, Tenn. (DTN) -- Georgia farmer Zippy Duvall, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, heaped a load of praise on President Donald Trump and his administration on Sunday in his annual speech to Farm Bureau members. Still, Duvall also expressed concern about the overall state of the agricultura...