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9 Mar 2018
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Going into the March round of USDA supply and demand reports, the question was how big the cuts would be to Argentina's corn and soybean production estimates. As it turned out, changes were larger than expected with USDA's latest guess coming in at 36 million metric tons (1.42 billion bushels) for corn, as compared...
9 Mar 2018
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA sees higher demand for the 2017-18 corn crop as use was increased for both exports and ethanol production for the corn crop, lowering expected ending stocks in the process. Corn is being buoyed by lower projected Argentina production while U.S. so...
9 Mar 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON, D.C. (DTN) -- Count Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue as among those worried about the impact of steel and aluminum tariffs that President Donald Trump has said he is committed to implementing on imports. Perdue didn't exactly defend the president's plan to implement a 25% tariff on steel and a 10% ...
8 Mar 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst It is only the second day of March 2018 and already corn prices have had a lot to talk about. FOB corn prices, in particular, have been trending higher since December both in Brazil and New Orleans with help from ongoing concerns of drought in Argentina. Just this week, FOB corn prices in Brazil and New Orleans jumped 23...
8 Mar 2018
By Barb Baylor AndersonProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Larry Rhodes has always relied on Mother Nature and patience to restore the timber on his Angus seedstock cow/calf operation. Conservation is a passion for this Carlinville, Illinois, producer. So, it was an easy decision about six years ago to add another tool to his timber-management p...