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12 Sep 2022
Twelve rail unions have been stuck in contract negotiations for more than two years. As of Sept. 12, the two largest unions have not entered into a tentative agreement. That means when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 16, at least 90,000 engineers, conductors, brakemen, switchmen and other train service employees can walk off the job. On Sept....
9 Sep 2022
All eyes will be on USDA's new corn and soybean yield estimates Monday, Sept. 12, the first World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report of the year to include field-based observations. But that's not all -- USDA's NASS will also have an earlier-than-usual review of planting estimates for several crops, including corn and soybeans....
9 Sep 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Gro Intelligence's national corn yield estimates climbed by nearly 3 bushels in the month following the DTN Digital Yield Tour, while its soybean yield prediction declined by half a bushel. Gro's yield models update daily as new data becomes available, and as of Sept. 8, the national average corn yield was 170 bushels per...
8 Sep 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- The clock is ticking closer to the possibility of a rail shutdown, and businesses that use rail to ship their products are getting nervous. Agriculture shippers are especially concerned as the U.S. fall harvest starts to ramp up. With no end in sight yet for a resolution to a new rail worker contract, the National Grain and Feed Asso...
7 Sep 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue their slow price decline, according to numbers tracked by DTN for the last week of August 2022. It has now been five weeks when all eight of the major fertilizers are less expensive compared to a month ago. Only one fertilizer price was significantly lower. DTN designates a significant move as anythi...