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27 Oct 2020
It's been a crazy year for cash corn and even cash soybeans, a buyer told me. It's crazy that prices during harvest remained strong with little harvest pressure on corn or soybean cash prices. On Aug. 3, the DTN National Soybean Index was $8.45, and the DTN National Corn Index was $2.95. Fast forward to Friday, Oct. 23, and those prices were $10.31...
27 Oct 2020
On the eve of national elections, a majority of rural adults approved of President Donald Trump's job performance. Farmers have been willing to give him space on trade. But there are issues floating around out there that either Trump or his successor ignore at their peril. A DTN/Progressive Farmer Zogby Analytics Election poll found that 53% of adu...
26 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Bitterly cold conditions and some rain and snow during the next six days will stall harvest and cause much stress to livestock in the Great Plains region. Overnight temperatures during the weekend into the beginning of next week could fall into the single digits Fahrenheit in northern areas of the Plains. STORM CROSSING PLAINS Accord...
26 Oct 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A presidential election that once seemed like an eternity is now in the final full week of campaigning, and farmers must make the decision whether they are better off now than they were four years ago. Agriculture has gone through four volatile years of trade wars, exacerbated by extreme weather events and a year wracked by COVID-19 ...
26 Oct 2020
If you've been so busy harvesting corn lately you haven't noticed prices, you'll be glad to hear December corn was up the first four days of this week and closed at $4.16 1/4 Thursday (Oct. 22), the highest in over a year. If you're trying to feed cattle or buy corn for your ethanol plant, these higher prices are getting annoying and don't make sen...