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2 Mar 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Prepare for sticker shock when you talk to your crop insurance agent this year. Spring crop insurance guarantees set new records for soybeans and wheat for the 2022 season, and corn guarantees are the highest since 2011. The corn projected price is $5.90 per bushel, while soybeans are $14.33 per bushel and spring wheat $9...
1 Mar 2022
Note: This is an update to the spring planting season forecast across the U.S. I laid out some of the highlights in a previous article here: https://www.dtnpf.com/…. La Nina is loosening its grip on the Pacific Ocean, but it is going to take quite a while for it to go away completely. Forecasts are expecting the feature to continue having an influe...
1 Mar 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- State soybean associations, corn growers and biofuels producers filed two separate petitions to a federal appeals court Monday, asking the court to set aside EPA's revised greenhouse gas emissions standards. In the petitions filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the groups argue the rule c...
1 Mar 2022
DENVER (DTN) -- Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux praised FSA employees for their work during the pandemic and acknowledged there are growing calls from farm groups to reopen all FSA offices back to full capacity. Ducheneaux addressed an array of topics Monday during a speech to members of the National Farmers Union in Denver and an...
28 Feb 2022
All wheat futures closed sharply higher Thursday, Feb. 24, as markets reacted to the Russian army invading Ukraine after weeks of speculation. By the end of that day, U.S. agriculture companies in Ukraine ceased operations and the ports were closed. That meant any wheat or other commodities were not able to load out and ship to waiting customers. T...