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25 Jan 2016
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- China cotton imports continue to plummet as government policies encourage textile manufacturers to use domestic supplies and low oil prices drive increased use of synthetics. Official data from the China General Administration of Customs pegged December's cotton imports at 188,000 tons, making th...
22 Jan 2016
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Competitors' currencies will continue to weigh on the grain markets in 2016, as will large global stockpiles that show no signs of shrinking. Throw in a wild card -- Argentina -- and the prospect for farm-gate prices returning to profitable levels seems difficult. DTN Senior Analyst Darin Newsom said...
22 Jan 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- A religious-based exemption in President Barack Obama's health care law is suddenly becoming an attractive alternative for some small-business owners who find escalating health insurance premiums too pricey. Fewer than a half million people in the U.S. are now controlling their...
22 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The issue of most concern to the distillers grains industry at present is the recent announcement by China that its Ministry of Commerce has initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations of U.S. dried distillers grains with solubles exports to China. Kurt Rosentrater, executive ...
21 Jan 2016
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- China may change its corn price policy once again, lowering it to $6.25 per bushel after the new-crop harvest wraps up. That is down from the 2015-16 purchase price of $7.98 per bushel. "We are expecting that the state reserve will lower its floor price for corn again this year to 1600 renminbi per...