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7 Sep 2016
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Eighteen percent of the nation's corn crop was mature as of Sep. 4 and 12% of the soybeans were dropping leaves, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report released Tuesday due to Monday's Labor Day holiday. That's two percentage points behind the five-year average for corn and equal to average for soybeans. Sevent...
6 Sep 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- As Congress comes back to Washington on Tuesday for the last legislative session before the November election, members will be under pressure to fund the government before the fiscal year ends on September 30. However, the Zika virus may complicate the agriculture section of any appro...
6 Sep 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor MANNHEIM, Germany (DTN) -- After months of back and forth, Bayer and Monsanto have confirmed they are in advanced negotiations for Bayer to acquire Monsanto. Combined, Monsanto and Bayer would account for $67 billion in annual sales and create the world's largest seed and crop-chemical co...
6 Sep 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Market Analyst Last week's look at wheat in this space was a rough exercise for producers to confront as we found spot Chicago prices at their lowest level in 10 years, and also the most unprofitable in at least three decades. Big supplies of cheap wheat are also weighing on corn prices as it becomes economical to substitute whe...
2 Sep 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though insect pollination services are in increasing demand in the Northern Great Plains, the expansion of corn and soybean acres in response to biofuels feedstock demand may be making it more difficult to find plant habitats suitable for bees, a new study from the National Academy of Sciences conclu...