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11 May 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The chairman of USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board -- the group that produces the monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) -- fired back this week at a report by an agricultural software and satellite firm challenging USDA's data collection methodology that produc...
10 May 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for the majority of fertilizers continued to move slightly higher at the beginning of May 2018. But, in the last two weeks, prices for multiple fertilizers were lower, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Two of the eight major fertilizers, MAP and urea, were slightly lower co...
10 May 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for the majority of fertilizers continued to move slightly higher at the beginning of May 2018. But, in the last two weeks, prices for multiple fertilizers were lower, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Two of the eight major fertilizers, MAP and urea, were slightly lower co...
10 May 2018
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst As I look at the range of guesses ahead of USDA's May set of guesses, the most interesting aspect is how large the difference is between most highs and lows. Understandably, it's those ranges associated with USDA's 2018 production and 2018-19 ending stocks that are the widest. How could it be otherwise, though? We ...
9 May 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Which country produces the second-largest corn crop in the world? No, it's not Brazil, although the recent corn futures rally has been a good reminder of Brazil's importance. Concern about dry weather for the pollinating and developing safrinha corn crop in Brazil justifiably influences the outlook for global c...