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22 Apr 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted was down 5 cents at $134 per ton for the week ended April 18, versus the prior week. Spot DDG truck prices were lower as demand has slowed, along with added pressure coming from continued weakness i...
22 Apr 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Heath Stolee has embraced the ribbing he gets for the chestnut grove he tends near Radcliffe, Iowa. "We're in corn and soybean country. All the neighbors are giving me a hard time, saying you're kind of nutty," Stolee said. To the 25 acres of Chinese chestnuts planted in astonishingly straight rows, he ...
22 Apr 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst The way trading has gone for corn and soybeans lately, I wouldn't blame producers for avoiding their quote screens, as the news has not been pleasant. Day by day, corn prices have dripped slowly lower, a modern form of water torture for those holding last fall's harvest. DTN's Corn Index of average cash prices clos...
18 Apr 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- We've all seen them -- the startling pictures of giant Palmer amaranth plants towering over soybean fields, with their long, spiky seed heads jutting toward the sky. But by the time you find that monster in your fields, it's too late to control it. The coming weeks are prime time for spo...
18 Apr 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (DTN) -- The Trump administration shouldn't grant more than three dozen small-refiner exemptions to the Renewable Fuel Standard at a time when farmers are already feeling the impacts of low commodity prices due to lost trade, the head of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association said Wednesday. S...