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4 Apr 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst I don't mean to dwell on the past, but it wasn't that long ago (Jan. 12) when USDA increased its corn yield estimate to a higher-than-expected 176.6 bushels an acre and estimated U.S. ending corn stocks at 2.477 billion bushels (bb) for 2017-18, the most since the 1980s. December corn dropped a couple cents that day and l...
4 Apr 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Environmental Protection Agency has opened its own "back-door waiver" to the Renewable Fuel Standard by granting retroactive exemptions to RFS obligations to more than a dozen small refiners, including some that are part of highly-profitable refining conglomerates. "I smell a rat. I smell a r...
3 Apr 2018
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor in Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- Nationwide, U.S. farmers have become positive about both their current situation and their future, pushing the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index to its third highest level ever. The overall index reached 134.8, up almost 22 points from the December/January level and sligh...
3 Apr 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The Organization for Competitive Markets has filed a legal challenge against USDA for withdrawing a set livestock marketing rules designed to level the playing field for producers while negotiating supply contracts with larger agribusinesses. On Friday, attorneys for OCM filed a 170-page brief asking ...
3 Apr 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. pork producers had ramped up production in the first quarter of this year, but futures prices continue to fall as China announced Monday it was moving ahead with a 25% increase in tariffs on fresh pork products. The tariff hikes come after leaders from Chinese-owned Smithfield Foods -- respon...