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29 Mar 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The March freeze that threatened his wheat crop in the Oklahoma panhandle was not a surprise to Jason Becker. After a historically mild winter, he'd spent most of the spring trying to keep the crop from maturing too fast. His fields were already three weeks ahead of normal and well into ...
29 Mar 2016
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will begin this growing season's series of Weekly Crop Progress reports on Monday, April 4. Many state National Ag Statistics Service offices released reports Monday. Here are highlights compiled by NASS for selected states. COLORADO Snow and rain were received in abundance, reducing field activity and improving moi...
28 Mar 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst It was a busy week for the Great Lakes as lakers moved into position to officially open the 2016 shipping season. Lakers are ships constructed for carrying cargo on the Great Lakes. It all started on March 21 as the St. Lawrence Seaway opened two weeks earlier than normal with no ice hindering ships thanks to...
28 Mar 2016
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers' feelings about the ag economy continue to fade while agribusinesses' sentiment took a steep dive, according to the latest results of the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture and Agribusiness Confidence Indexes. The latest reading of the Agriculture Confidence Index, which measures the attit...
28 Mar 2016
By Danny KlinefelterDTN Farm Business Adviser Farm real estate makes up more than 80% of the total assets of agriculture. In most states land values have been softening as farm income has fallen. There have been a lot of predictions and speculation about how much they may go down. My purpose here isn't to predict but rather to look at the factors t...