Ag Weather Forum
John Baranick
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Thursday, October 03, 2024 12:40 PM
An expected warm and dry October suggests difficult conditions for early winter wheat growth in the Southern Plains.
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Tuesday, October 01, 2024 2:51 PM
Now that we are getting into October, the first frosts start popping up across the northern tier of the country and typically find much of the Corn Belt throughout the month.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 3:49 PM
Helene has quickly formed from a disturbance to a hurricane over the last 24 hours and is set to become a major hurricane before landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida on Thursday evening. Heavy rain will spread northward, then westward as the remnant low interacts with an upper-level low in the area.
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Monday, September 30, 2024 6:03 PM
As one Canadian union ends a strike in the Port of Vancouver, another union went on strike in the Port of Montreal.
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024 7:53 PM
After failed contract negotiations, Grain Workers Local Union 333 went on strike, stopping work at five grain terminals in Vancouver.
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Monday, August 05, 2024 7:19 PM
For Alberta, in the provincial early yield estimates, regional dryland crop yield estimates are at or below the 5- and 10-year averages, with the exception of a higher-than-average yield expectation reported for the South Region as of July 30. In Saskatchewan, as of July 29, the conditions of crops throughout many regions are stressed, causing yield potential to further decline during the week.
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Fundamentally Speaking
Joel Karlin
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Tuesday, October 01, 2024 2:44 PM
September 1 stocks of U.S. corn & soybeans and percent of stocks stored on farm.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 2:37 PM
Change in USDA's national corn yield projection from the August to the September crop production report and then from the September to the final report in January.
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Monday, September 23, 2024 3:52 PM
11-state objective number of soybean pods per an 18 square foot area vs. the implied soybean pod weight in grams/pod
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An Urban's Rural View
Urban Lehner
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Wednesday, October 02, 2024 8:30 PM
China dominates world manufacturing and it's redoubling its investments in new factories, hoping to make other countries more reliant on it. Policymakers in those countries are struggling to solve this China problem.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024 9:21 PM
Interest rates are too high for current economic conditions. The Federal Reserve has started to lower them and signaling it could lower them a lot.
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Friday, September 13, 2024 12:48 PM
USDA says 20% of U.S. ag production by value is exported. Some farmers wish we grew only for domestic consumption. Many others wish we exported more.
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Ag Policy Blog
Chris Clayton
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Friday, October 04, 2024 6:30 PM
USDA this week announced the department would spend a record $7.7 billion in fiscal 2025 "to help agricultural and forestry producers adopt conservation practices on working lands."
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Wednesday, October 02, 2024 11:55 AM
Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday night debated a range of issues. Vance argued the country and political situation globally was more stable under former President Donald Trump. Walz countered that Vice President Kamala Harris has a more positive vision for the country compared to Trump's rhetoric of division.
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Tuesday, October 01, 2024 7:24 PM
Kenneth Hartman Jr., new president of the National Corn Growers Association, is urging passage of a new farm bill this year as farmers face lower prices and rising costs.
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Harrington's Sort & Cull
DTN Staff
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Monday, September 30, 2024 8:07 PM
Last week's market outperformed what many expected it would do, but if boxed beef prices continue to soften this week, the market could struggle to maintain its rally.
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Monday, September 23, 2024 7:49 PM
Boxed beef prices, the board's support and throughput will obviously heavily dictate how this week's cash cattle market pans out; but, thankfully, after last week's rallying gust, feedlot managers seem to have a spot at the table where negotiations can at least happen, as opposed to simply having to take whatever bid surfaces.
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Monday, September 16, 2024 8:52 PM
As the cattle complex has yet to regain its footing in the market, here are some of the bearish and bullish factors to monitor in the week ahead.
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Technically Speaking
DTN Staff
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Monday, August 19, 2024 4:24 PM
November soybeans have been battered and beaten up. The market was already reeling when USDA came up with one million additional acres of soybeans planted and a record yield of 53.2 bpa. In the past few weeks, soybeans have registered new contract lows as funds reveled in the constant influx of bearish data. However, there are a few reasons to believe the worst could be over for soybeans.
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Monday, August 12, 2024 3:25 PM
September Chicago wheat shows hints of buying at their lowest prices in nearly four years but haven't yet been able to break resistance.
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Monday, August 05, 2024 4:49 PM
With poor economic news such as the unemployment rate rising to 4.3% filtering out in the past week and the surge in the Japanese yen, the U.S. Dollar Index has plunged to its lowest level since March. Typically, that would be very supportive for U.S. wheat, as would the expected decline in major exporter wheat stocks.
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Minding Ag's Business
Katie Dehlinger
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Monday, September 09, 2024 6:37 PM
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit last month rejected appeals filed by attorneys who represented farmers in the Syngenta corn settlement. The attorneys for years have been contesting court allocations of compensation for legal fees in the case.
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Friday, June 07, 2024 5:39 PM
On Friday, June 14, DTN will host a webinar examining the cattle market's long-term outlook and how producers can use livestock risk protection insurance to protect their business from downside market risk.
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Wednesday, May 08, 2024 7:26 PM
While rain may slow the national planting pace, some growers will get a few windows of opportunity. Anxiety about U.S. planting and Brazilian flooding has changed the market trend.
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Friday, September 27, 2024 3:32 PM
A bipartisan group of federal lawmakers introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday to allow permanent sales of E15 nationally.
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Friday, September 20, 2024 7:35 PM
A group of biodiesel producers said the industry is in danger of shutdown unless the Biden administration provides at least temporary immediate guidance and safe harbor on the 45Z tax credit.
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Thursday, September 19, 2024 4:12 PM
Agricultural cooperative GROWMARK has purchased a stake in ethanol producer Big River Resources, one of the nation's largest producers at 435 million gallons annually.
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Machinery Chatter
Dan Miller
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Friday, July 12, 2024 5:44 PM
The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance systems.
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Friday, July 12, 2024 5:44 PM
The Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a minor-level geomagnetic storm watch for this weekend. A storm of this intensity will have little to no impact on farming guidance systems.
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Wednesday, July 03, 2024 4:23 PM
A family legacy in farming has to start with a tractor being added to the farm to help make it more productive. On our farm, it was a Farmall Super M that has been driven by four generations.
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South America Calling
DTN Staff
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Thursday, October 03, 2024 3:10 PM
Though rainfall has been very limited outside of southern Brazil, a storm system next week could bring some needed changes.
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Friday, September 27, 2024 8:08 PM
Showers are starting to pop up in central Brazil, but they're doing so very sporadically, leading to continued dryness and drought across the region. If showers do not fill in soon, significant delays to soybean planting can be expected, putting a crunch on the safrinha corn and cotton crops that will be planted in early 2025.
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Friday, September 20, 2024 6:36 PM
The long-awaited start to the wet season for central Brazil is likely to start up late next week or weekend. But that occurs with spotty rains that increase through October. Very dry areas in the region will need to see significant rainfall before producers start planting.
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Market Matters Blog
DTN Staff
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Friday, October 04, 2024 4:04 PM
DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is higher versus one week ago.
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Friday, October 04, 2024 4:04 PM
DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is higher versus one week ago.
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Friday, October 04, 2024 11:40 AM
Dockworkers on strike at 36 U.S. ports have a tentative agreement, temporarily suspending the port strike.
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Production Blog
Pam Smith
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Tuesday, October 01, 2024 2:03 PM
Nematodes are a big deal. Observe National Nematode Day by testing your own knowledge about the silent killer and putting it to work in the field.
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Thursday, September 26, 2024 2:31 PM
While it may not be possible to completely eliminate losses at harvest, a few simple adjustments are all it takes to put more grain in the tank and, ultimately, more profit in your pocket.
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Sunday, September 22, 2024 3:19 PM
Crop moisture is topic of the week for DTN's View From the Cab farmers. They also reveal what keeps harvest rolling and what they are listening to as it happens.
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Editors' Notebook
Greg D.Horstmeier
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Monday, September 30, 2024 11:46 AM
After writing about a new online course about mental health and suicide prevention in rural America, DTN Staff Reporter Russ Quinn participated in the course and gained critical knowledge about how to recognize the warning signs someone may be struggling with mental health issues and how to get him or her help.
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Monday, September 30, 2024 11:46 AM
After writing about a new online course about mental health and suicide prevention in rural America, DTN Staff Reporter Russ Quinn participated in the course and gained critical knowledge about how to recognize the warning signs someone may be struggling with mental health issues and how to get him or her help.
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 6:45 PM
The August Progressive Farmer magazine issue celebrated individuals, or sometimes with others in an organization, who have been Voices for Agriculture. We'll run expanded versions of their stories on DTN digital products in the coming weeks.
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