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29 May 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Back in early May 2017, "The Other Wheat Sneaks Higher," was this column's attempt to describe bullish changes happening in spring wheat prices. At the time, no one knew that drought would take prices from the low-$5s in early May to $7.78 a bushel by early July. In fact, moderate drought conditions had not even appeared ...
29 May 2018
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- China and U.S. trade relations have greatly shaped Brazil's soybean export market in the past two months. Basis is currently weakening for Brazilian sellers since the U.S. and China agreed last week to dial back the trade rhetoric. July soybean basis (Paranagua paper market) traded May 25...
29 May 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The harsh drought over the southwestern U.S. is expected to last through most of the summer. That's the forecast from a drought and forecast update webinar held May 23. National Drought Mitigation Center climatologist Brian Fuchs offered a grim outlook for the region. More than two-thirds ...
25 May 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Karl Jacobson, like many farmers in drought-affected areas, wants it to rain. The Concordia, Kansas, farmer has only seen two inches of rain fall on his north-central Kansas farm since November of 2017. "We had very little snow this winter and more wind than I can remember this spring," Jacobson told D...
25 May 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Adviser MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Brazilian grain export facilities along the Amazon River are picking up a larger share of the country's growing exports, and waterways are playing a larger role in carrying corn and soybeans to port. Between 2010 and 2017, Brazilian exports of corn and soybeans increased by 14...