Friday, July 26, 2024 1:50PM CDT
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Friday vacated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's denial of previously granted small-refinery exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard.
Friday, July 26, 2024 4:51AM CDT
EPA's quest to protect threatened and endangered species when it registers pesticides took its next step on Thursday when the agency released its draft Insecticide Strategy.
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Day 3 of the Wheat Quality Council's Spring Wheat and Durum Tour concluded Thursday with the final three-day total weighted average yield estimate of 53.8 bushels per acre (bpa) of 257 fields total for the three days. The average spring wheat yield of 237 fields was at 54.5 bpa, and the average durum yield of 18 fields was at 45.3 bpa.
Markets seem to get overdone to the upside and the downside. Following the recent bearish slide in corn and especially soybeans and wheat prices, it is difficult to talk about anyt...
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Average, minimum and maximum percent change in corn yields for the top 18 producing states and the U.S. between the August crop report and the final production figures given in Jan...
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There is a lot of angst about farm income right now, but policymakers already seem to accept that another one-year extension of the 2018 farm bill is unavoidable. If a farm bill do...
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On Friday, June 14, DTN will host a webinar examining the cattle market's long-term outlook and how producers can use livestock risk protection insurance to protect their business...
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Hot and dry conditions in Western Canada have led to extensive wildfires across the Canadian Rockies and northern woodlands, spreading thick smoke across not just the Canadian Prai...
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Biofuels interests groups submitted comments to the USDA outlining ways to make it more practical for farmers to take advantage of the 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit.
Packer have drastically cut chain speeds to try to keep the cash cattle market from rallying and to hopefully add some support to boxed beef prices, but with today's cattle possess...
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Soaking rains last week and this week brought the safrinha (second-season) corn harvest to a halt in southern Brazil with states like Sao Paulo making almost no progress. It is muc...
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The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance s...
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Warmer conditions over the past week advanced crop growth. With recent rainfall events, precipitation accumulation in most areas has exceeded 135 percent of normal precipitation si...
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December corn is down 1 1/4 cents per bushel, November soybeans are down 5 1/2 cents, September KC wheat is up 3 3/4 cents, September Chicago wheat is up 2 cents and September Minneapolis wheat is up 8 cents.
Cattle futures found buying interest Thursday as cash cattle traded $2.00 higher in the South. Feedlots won the victory, holding out until packers had to raise bids to get cattle on the books. Hog futures took a breather as packers held back on aggressive buying due to purchasing sufficient supply earlier in the week.