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20 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- Traceability in the agricultural supply chain remains a complex challenge, but commodity industries, food and clothing retailers are increasingly looking at what blockchain can do for their businesses. The prospects of blockchain came up repeatedly this week at an Ag Technology and The...
20 Aug 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst USDA's World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reported a week ago Friday (8/10) had a familiar feel to it. Much like a year ago, when the clock struck 11 a.m. CT and USDA's numbers appeared, the corn yield estimate wasn't the 176.3 bushels per acre (bpa) that Dow Jones' analyst survey was expecting, but a ...
17 Aug 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter MINNEAPOLIS (DTN) -- Marty Ruikka might have been the most unpopular person in the room at the American Coalition for Ethanol's conference on Thursday, when he told an audience of producers the data isn't supporting the notion of massive demand destruction from small refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standar...
17 Aug 2018
By Katie Dehlinger DTN Farm Business Editor and By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Farmers in Wisconsin and Minnesota expect large, but not record-breaking yields, while Ohio farmers look to yields that are consistently larger than last year. The DTN/The Progressive Farmer 2018 Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Int...
16 Aug 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Stuff costs more; the price of stuff is going up. This should be good news for the people who produce and sell stuff, right? Not necessarily. Just ask grain producers, who have largely been left behind by the recent acceleration in inflation. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics last week, as of July 2...