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10 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- California regulators are moving to cancel chlorpyrifos registrations in the latest of a series of moves targeting a key insecticide used by farmers. The California Environmental Protection Agency announced in a news release Wednesday its decision came following a state scientific review panel's findi...
10 May 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst It's not a pretty sight, but let's consider what soybean prices might look like, should there be no trade agreement with China. You may find this hard to believe, but being DTN's Lead Market Analyst is not all glamour and parties. Having started in the commodity business in 1985, I have experience at how bad things...
9 May 2019
OMAHA (DTN) -- This week's export sales report should be viewed as neutral for corn, and bearish for soybeans, wheat and milo, according to DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. For the week ended May 2, 2019, USDA reported an increase of 11.3 million bushels (mb) (287,600 metric tons) of corn export sales for 2018-19 and an increase of 0.3 mb (6,900 mt) ...
9 May 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A majority of retail fertilizer prices are lower for the second week in a row, according to data tracked by DTN for the last week of April 2019. Like last week, prices of five of the eight major fertilizers were lower compared to last month. The move has been fairly muted, however. DAP had an avera...
9 May 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst I don't spend a lot of time thinking about ocean shipping details; every once in a while, I'll check the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) to make sure freight prices aren't high enough to drive up the delivered cost of U.S. grain to export customers, but lately this benchmark for bulk shipping rates has remained relati...