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8 Dec 2021
On Thursday, Dec. 9, USDA is expected to make small changes to ending stocks estimates of U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat for 2021-22. Traders will likely also be interested in USDA's view of South American crop estimates. CORN The December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is not expected to shake up markets much, but it ...
7 Dec 2021
STARKVILLE, Miss. (DTN) -- Larry Steckel may have a doctorate in crop sciences, but he feels more like Dr. Doom when it comes to talking about herbicide-resistant weeds and ways to manage the yield robbers. "I was told at the back of the room that I wasn't supposed to have any negative comments. But I'm a weed scientist talking about pigweeds, so I...
7 Dec 2021
It seems like it was a long time ago the pattern was stable and less active. We have to go back to October, when temperatures east of the Rockies were record-setting, to see such a stable pattern. Stable does not mean inactive though, and many areas across the northern tier of the country found above-normal rainfall during that month. Since then, t...
7 Dec 2021
COLUMBIA, Mo. (DTN) -- U.S. farmers show concern about the future as the costs of the things they buy and the uncertainty of the wider economy take some of the shine off current commodity prices. That was the common thread from the latest DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index survey, conducted in mid and late November. The current...
6 Dec 2021
CHICAGO (DTN) -- Despite political challenges involving the United States and China, former U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad told farmers Monday the Biden administration should look for ways to extend and improve upon the Phase One Economic and Trade Agreement, which is set to expire at the end of the year. "My advice is to build on the progress that...