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6 Mar 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers and ranchers must overcome the stigma of talking about opioid drug abuse in order to address what has become the worst social problem in rural America, the leaders of the nation's two largest farm organizations and the highest-ranking rural development official at the Ag...
6 Mar 2018
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (DTN) -- Drought conditions in Argentina are putting severe stress on corn and soybean crops, which are in the critical development stages. "We saw a high variability on the aspects of the crops associated with rain distribution, plots management, soil quality and previous crops," said Ignac...
6 Mar 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Heavy rainfall, from the middle to lower Mississippi River Valley eastward across much of the Ohio River Basin, resulted in widespread river flooding along Cincinnati, Cairo, Memphis and other locations, according to the USDA weekly Grain Transportation report. High water has caused navigation disruptions on s...
5 Mar 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst It is only the second day of March 2018 and already corn prices have had a lot to talk about. FOB corn prices, in particular, have been trending higher since December both in Brazil and New Orleans with help from ongoing concerns of drought in Argentina. Just this week, FOB corn prices in Brazil and New Orleans jumped 23...
5 Mar 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The average distillers dried grain (DDG) spot price from the 39 locations where DTN collected bids was $151 for the week ended March 1, up 3 cents on average versus a week ago. Based on the average of bids collected by DTN, the value of DDG relative to corn for the week ended March 1 was at 111.63%, a...