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1 Jul 2019
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:02 a.m. CDT. It was last updated at 12:10 p.m. CDT ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA increased its corn planting estimate to 91.7 million acres from its June WASDE estimate of 89.8 ma. While the latest estimate is a 1.1-ma drop from the agency's March Prospective Plantings estimate, it is above the high ...
1 Jul 2019
By Dana MantiniDTN Senior Analyst The 2019 June Grain Stocks and Acreage reports from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) were certainly an eye opener. With most in the trade looking for another sharp fall in corn acres from the March intentions, the survey revealed a planted acreage number of 91.7 million acres (ma) -- 4.3 ma ab...
1 Jul 2019
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- From Ohio to Nebraska, farm real estate brokers note a firmness in the market that wasn't there three months ago. "Even six weeks ago, we were looking at selling $3.30-per-bushel old-crop corn. There's a much different feel right now in the market," said Doug Hensley, presid...
28 Jun 2019
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on June 1, 2019 was 75.5 million head. This was up 4% from June 1, 2018, and up 1% from March 1, 2019. This is the highest June 1 inventory of all hogs and pigs since estimates began in 1964, USDA reported on Thursday. Breeding inventory, at 6.41 million head, was up 1% from l...
28 Jun 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Exceptionally wet field conditions forced many Corn Belt corn producers to choose between applying nitrogen fertilizer and planting corn during the narrow windows available for fieldwork this spring. For some farmers, planting was a top priority and fertilizer application was secondary, thanks to the ...