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	DTN Crops News
	Winter Wheat Tour Estimate Outpaces USDA by 8.5 BPA; Will It Make It to Harvest? Friday, May 17, 2024 5:12PM CDT Overall, after scouting 449 fields across Kansas this week -- and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma -- the total weighted average yield for the 2024 hard winter wheat tour was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre, a 55% increase from 2023 and the fourth-best predicted average in the past decade. [Read Full News Story] International Trade Commission to Investigate 2,4-D Dumping Claims Friday, May 17, 2024 1:10PM CDT The U.S. International Trade Commission voted on Friday to continue investigating whether 2,4-D producers in China and India have been dumping the chemical on the U.S. market after Corteva Agribusiness LLC filed a petition in March. [Read Full News Story] 2024 Hard Winter Wheat Tour Final Average Yield Estimate: 46.5 BPA Thursday, May 16, 2024 1:23PM CDT MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) --- The Wheat Quality Council's Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Thursday, May 16, in Manhattan, Kansas. After three days, scouting 449 fields across the state and some into neighboring Nebraska and Oklahoma, the total weighted average yield for hard winter wheat was estimated at 46.5 bushels per acre (bpa), a 55% increase from 2023. [Read Full News Story]

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	DTN Market Matters Blog Editorial Staff DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Lower Again on Average Friday, May 17, 2024 12:22PM CDT DTN's weekly average spot price for domestic distillers dried grains is down $1 on average versus one week ago. DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Lower on Average Friday, May 10, 2024 12:23PM CDT STB Adopts Final Rail Reciprocal Switching Rule in Unanimous Vote Monday, May 6, 2024 7:43AM CDT Technically Speaking Editorial Staff Kansas City July Wheat Should Encounter Plenty of Selling Above Monday, May 13, 2024 10:51AM CDT Just since April 18, Kansas City July wheat has surged $1.20, fueled by several frost/freeze events in key Russian wheat... [Read Full Blog] December Corn Takes New Direction Into New Season Monday, May 6, 2024 8:41AM CDT Kansas City July Wheat Up 8 Straight Days: Can it Continue? Monday, April 29, 2024 8:17AM CDT Fundamentally Speaking Joel Karlin DTN Contributing Analyst Initial US Oat Rating Highest in Four Years Thursday, May 16, 2024 8:38AM CDT First oat crop rating of each year from 1996 to 2024 along with the rating seen the last week of July when the crop is w... [Read Full Blog] Corn Stocks-to-Use Ratio Tuesday, May 14, 2024 8:51AM CDT Slowing Planting Pace of Corn Monday, May 13, 2024 9:56AM CDT DTN Ag Policy Blog Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor House Plan Boosts Reference Prices and Commodity Support Friday, May 17, 2024 2:20PM CDT The House Republican farm bill raises reference prices more, allows all producers to obtain new base acres and makes oth... [Read Full Blog] Six Big Things About the House Farm Bill Proposal Monday, May 13, 2024 3:47PM CDT NASS Officials: $7.5 Million Needed to Bring Back July Cattle and County Yield Reports Wednesday, May 8, 2024 4:55PM CDT Minding Ag's Business Katie Behlinger Farm Business Editor Weather Anxiety Changes Trend in Corn, Soybean Markets as Planting Stalls in Early May Wednesday, May 8, 2024 2:26PM CDT While rain may slow the national planting pace, some growers will get a few windows of opportunity. Anxiety about U.S. p... [Read Full Blog] Weather Anxiety Changes Trend in Corn, Soybean Markets as Planting Stalls in Early May Wednesday, May 8, 2024 2:26PM CDT AcreValue Does More than Map Land Sales, Land Analytics Thursday, April 25, 2024 10:54AM CDT DTN Ag Weather Forum Bryce Anderson DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst Corn Planting Lags Analog El Nino to La Nina Years; Could Mean Hot Temps During Grain Fill, Pollination Wednesday, May 15, 2024 10:32AM CDT Both corn pollination and grain fill may now occur after the crop-adverse La Nina pattern begins this summer in the Paci... [Read Full Blog] Weather Forecasts to Stay Chaotic in Active Pattern Tuesday, May 14, 2024 10:07AM CDT Black Sea Wheat, Newly Planted Corn and Sunflowers Need Rain Now Wednesday, May 8, 2024 10:15AM CDT DTN Ethanol Blog Editorial Staff Biofuels, Ag Groups Call on Treasury to Complete 45Z Credit Guidance Thursday, May 16, 2024 7:10AM CDT A group of 25 agriculture, biofuels and other interests told U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen that they need guidanc... [Read Full Blog] Federal Appeals Court Upholds EPA Action on 2020-2022 Renewable Fuel Standard Volumes Tuesday, May 14, 2024 2:45PM CDT IRS Audit Finds Potential Fraud in Claims for Biofuel Tax Credits Thursday, May 9, 2024 6:41AM CDT DTN Production Blog Pam Smith Crops Technology Editor Countdown to Cicada Cacophony Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:56AM CDT It's a big year for periodical cicadas. Broods XIII and XIX are ready to emerge. Grab your earplugs and your cellphone t... [Read Full Blog] Countdown to Cicada Cacophony Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:56AM CDT Countdown to Cicada Cacophony Thursday, May 9, 2024 8:56AM CDT Harrington's Sort & Cull John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst Packers Building Up Supplies to Get Ahead of Cash Market Monday, May 13, 2024 1:27PM CDT Outside of the week ended March 24, 2024, when packers bought 98,759 head in the spot cash market, the last three consec... [Read Full Blog] Two Weeks in a Row of Cash Cattle Sales Exceeding 90,000 Head Monday, May 6, 2024 2:24PM CDT Find Organizations Who Support Members Friday, April 26, 2024 4:50AM CDT South America Calling Editorial Staff More Rain, More Flooding for Southern Brazil Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:37AM CDT Intense flooding that developed two weeks ago has been exacerbated by continual rains that have fallen in the area. The... [Read Full Blog] More Rain, More Flooding for Southern Brazil Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:37AM CDT Flooding Rain in Southern Brazil Threatens Harvest, Planting Thursday, May 2, 2024 10:48AM CDT An Urban’s Rural View Urban Lehner Editor Emeritus The More Expensive World Boomers Are Passing On Monday, May 13, 2024 8:20AM CDT From the beginning, the generation of Americans born between 1946-64 has made their presence felt. It's no surprise they... [Read Full Blog] The Importance of an Independent Federal Reserve Friday, May 3, 2024 7:06AM CDT The US Is No Longer the Arsenal of Democracy Monday, April 22, 2024 3:06PM CDT Machinery Chatter Dan Miller Progressive Farmer Senior Editor AGCO's Precision Planting Is Developing New Weed Management Technology for Release in a Year Wednesday, May 8, 2024 10:12AM CDT DTN/Progressive Farmer spoke with AGCO's CEO Eric Hansotia about Precision Planting's newest weed management technology,... [Read Full Blog] AGCO's Precision Planting Is Developing New Weed Management Technology for Release in a Year Wednesday, May 8, 2024 10:12AM CDT Equipment Roundup: AEM Reports Higher Tractor Sales; New CNH Industrial CEO; AGCO's Women Make Award Winner Friday, April 26, 2024 11:54AM CDT Canadian Markets Cliff Jamieson Canadian Grains Analyst Summary of Weekly Reports for Canada Agriculture Sunday, April 28, 2024 6:02PM CDT It was a busy week with various reports for Canada Agriculture of weekly exports, canola crush and other important infor... [Read Full Blog] A Parting Blog and Reflections on 12 Years With DTN Monday, April 15, 2024 1:57PM CDT A Parting Blog and Reflections on 12 Years With DTN Monday, April 15, 2024 1:57PM CDT Editor’s Notebook Greg D. Horstmeier DTN Editor-in-Chief Take Time for Mental Health Thursday, May 2, 2024 5:10AM CDT Throughout May, Mental Health Awareness Month, DTN/Progressive Farmer will feature stories and columns on the unique men... [Read Full Blog] Take Time for Mental Health Thursday, May 2, 2024 5:10AM CDT Happy National Ag Day! Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:05AM CDT

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