Headline News
RECENT NEWS
8 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Overall biofuel volumes would remain virtually the same in 2020 as they were 2019 in EPA's proposed Renewable Fuel Standard renewable volume obligations released on Friday. One day after the Fourth of July holiday, biofuel industry groups were not in a festive mood in response to the proposal. Overall...
5 Jul 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Even though ethanol margins have shown some improvement in the past month, a new report from CoBank shows many producers will continue to see negative margins for the remainder of 2019. DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels 50-million-gallon plant in South Dakota is showing some easing of market pressure...
5 Jul 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- If your winter wheat survived the growing season -- and that's a big if -- chances are it's looking pretty good. That's the story of the 2018-19 winter wheat crop in a nut shell, with a delayed harvest finally underway in the Southern Plains. "It was a trying year for producers from Apr...
5 Jul 2019
Pamela SmithCrops Technology Editor Rural America has always had a big heart. When tragedy strikes, help and hope arrive. Most recently, we’ve seen it in action as convoys carrying donated hay, fencing and other necessities have rolled in to help farmers and ranchers heal wounds inflicted from flooding. Progressive Farmer followed one group ca...
3 Jul 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst At least the corn market in spring and summer 2019 isn't boring. From the May contract's all-time low of $3.35 1/2 on May 13, to the July contract's May high of $4.38, the continuous corn chart's trading range during the month of May stretched across more than a dollar of chart space. Not since Sept. 2012 has t...