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17 Sep 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The Columbia-Snake River System in the Pacific Northwest is the nation's single largest wheat export gateway, transporting over 50% of all U.S. wheat to markets overseas. That all came to a temporary, but very significant, stoppage at the Bonneville Lock and Dam, located about 40 miles northeast of Portland, O...
17 Sep 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Top Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee are pushing back on plans by other House Democrats to potentially block or delay more Market Facilitation Program payments to farmers. The Commodity Credit Corp., USDA's fund being used to pay the MFP payments, has a $30 billion cap that is cl...
16 Sep 2019
Fine Tuning Corn Yields 09/16 15:10 Yield Numbers Are Still a Moving Target Before analyzing the Sept. 12 USDA reports, we must first remember the methodology they use, according to Alan Brugler, a DTN contributing analyst. USDA rolled out another crop production report Thursday, Sept. 12, with the companion World Agricultural Supply and Demand E...
16 Sep 2019
China, Tariffs and Pork Sales 09/16 15:04 NPPC: China Should Reduce Tariffs to Lower Food Inflation, Move Talks Early Friday, China announced it will suspend "additional tariffs" on pork, soybeans and other farm goods, Xinhua News Agency reported. Yet it is unclear exactly what level of tariffs Chinese officials committed to suspend. The National...
16 Sep 2019
Rains Force Corps Response 09/16 15:01 Corps of Engineers Will Lower, Then Raise, Water Releases From Gavins Point Dam Because of heavy rains stretching from Montana through the Dakotas the past two weeks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will adjust the volume of water being released from Gavins Point Dam -- first lowering the releases to protec...