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21 Aug 2018
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and wheat inspections remained bearish while soybean inspections were neutral in the latest USDA export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn weekly export inspections totaled 43.2 million bushels for the week ending Thursday, Aug. 16. This is up from 28.4 mb for the same week a year ago. Inspections fo...
21 Aug 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule now in effect in half of the country, a number of agriculture and other industry groups are continuing the court fight. The groups have turned to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Virginia, in an attempt to overturn ...
21 Aug 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst As of Friday, Aug. 17, U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) noted in their weekly harvest update that other than a few acres in Wyoming, the 2018 HRW harvest progress is now limited to Montana (71% complete), Washington (74% complete) and Idaho (74% complete). USW said that Washington, Oregon and Idaho continue to repo...
20 Aug 2018
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Land values are holding steady despite the tumble in commodity prices, and the good news is that's propping up equity in farm country, allowing sufficient collateral for land-owning operators to borrow funds. Unfortunately, stable land values also underpin landowners' perceptio...
20 Aug 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (DTN) -- Traceability in the agricultural supply chain remains a complex challenge, but commodity industries, food and clothing retailers are increasingly looking at what blockchain can do for their businesses. The prospects of blockchain came up repeatedly this week at an Ag Technology and The...