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	EPA Update Details Plans to Improve Draft Herbicide Strategy Wednesday, April 17, 2024 2:32PM CDT With an August deadline looming, EPA released an update this week to its draft Herbicide Strategy. It describes improvements the agency said will increase flexibility and ease of implementation while still protecting threatened and endangered species. [Read Full News Story] Winter Wheat Crop Off to More Promising Start in 2024 Friday, April 12, 2024 9:05AM CDT For many winter wheat producers, this year is providing hope after several years of drought. The crop is in its best shape since 2020. [Read Full News Story] NCGA Asks Trade Commission to Reject Corteva Petition for 2,4-D Duties Thursday, April 4, 2024 3:12PM CDT The U.S. International Trade Commission is considering a petition filed by Corteva Agriscience LLC to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on Indian and Chinese imports of the herbicide 2,4-D. [Read Full News Story]

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	DTN Market Matters Blog Editorial Staff Railroads Protest Federal Railroad Administration Two-Person Crew Rule Monday, April 15, 2024 8:16AM CDT The FRA finalized the long-awaited two-person crew rule for most U.S. railroads on April 2, 2024. DTN Weekly DDG Price Continues Lower on Average Friday, April 12, 2024 1:13PM CDT Biden Tours Key Bridge Wreckage; USACE Sets Timeline to Reopen Navigation Monday, April 8, 2024 9:00AM CDT Technically Speaking Editorial Staff Corn Price Outlook Stays Bearish in Early 2024 Monday, April 15, 2024 9:49AM CDT Brazil's safrinha corn crop is about to enter its dry season, but so far, corn prices are not showing concern for smalle... [Read Full Blog] Kansas City Wheat Could Be Close to Turning, But It Has Been a Struggle All Year Monday, April 8, 2024 11:01AM CDT Soybean Extremes May Be Difficult to Defend Tuesday, April 2, 2024 8:29AM CDT Fundamentally Speaking Joel Karlin DTN Contributing Analyst Many Key Corn Belt States Still Show Very Dry Soil Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:52AM CDT October 2023-March 2024 total precipitation as a percent of the average 1896-2024 October-March figure for the top 21 co... [Read Full Blog] Many Key Corn Belt States Still Show Very Dry Soil Thursday, April 11, 2024 8:52AM CDT Farmers Holding Highest Percent of 3/1 Corn, Soybean Stocks in Years Tuesday, April 9, 2024 8:59AM CDT DTN Ag Policy Blog Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor Farm Bureau Letter Adds to Complaints Over Dropped NASS Reports Wednesday, April 17, 2024 6:48AM CDT Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters USDA had to fill in a 5.2% increase departmentwide in salaries with a f... [Read Full Blog] Ag Secretary Criticizes House GOP Study Group Plan to Slash Farm Programs Monday, April 15, 2024 2:51PM CDT Stabenow Sees Promise in GOP Proposal to Boost Premium Subsidies Thursday, April 11, 2024 7:19AM CDT Minding Ag's Business Katie Behlinger Farm Business Editor Planting Season Stirs Up More Dust in Illinois: Are Farms Responsible If It Causes Highway Accidents? Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:24PM CDT A dust storm shut down an Illinois interstate Tuesday, just about a year after a tragic accident caused by blowing dust... [Read Full Blog] Planting Season Stirs Up More Dust in Illinois: Are Farms Responsible If It Causes Highway Accidents? Wednesday, April 17, 2024 12:24PM CDT CHS, Growmark Collaboration Talks Conclude Without Pursuing Any New Opportunities Wednesday, April 3, 2024 11:55AM CDT DTN Ag Weather Forum Bryce Anderson DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst IRI Summer Forecast Points to Western Corn Belt Dryness Due to La Nina Influence Thursday, April 18, 2024 6:25AM CDT The International Research Institute for Climate and Society's summer forecast suggests summertime dryness due to La Nin... [Read Full Blog] Needed Rain, Some Delays to Spring Planting Possible This Week Tuesday, April 16, 2024 10:34AM CDT Drought a Problem for Start of Canadian Prairies Growing Season Friday, April 12, 2024 1:24PM CDT DTN Ethanol Blog Editorial Staff RFA Asks USDA to Reconsider Decision to Stop Reporting County-Level Estimates Monday, April 15, 2024 1:56PM CDT The head of the Renewable Fuels Association asked USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to reconsider a decisi... [Read Full Blog] Lawmakers, Retailers Make Last-Minute Push for E15 Summer Waiver Friday, April 12, 2024 7:58AM CDT Ethanol, Grains Groups Push for Ethanol Tariff on Brazilian Imports Wednesday, April 10, 2024 2:45PM CDT DTN Production Blog Pam Smith Crops Technology Editor A Gift of Passion Results in Prickly Outcome Friday, April 5, 2024 3:43PM CDT Sometimes life gives you thistles, but it's worth having a good laugh about it. 10 Takeaways From Latest National Cover Crop Survey Tuesday, March 19, 2024 2:35PM CDT 10 Takeaways From Latest National Cover Crop Survey Tuesday, March 19, 2024 2:35PM CDT Harrington's Sort & Cull John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst Has the Cattle Complex Established a New Support Plane? Monday, April 15, 2024 2:52PM CDT The market could decide to change direction, but the support plane of $172 is a critical focal point and worthy to note... [Read Full Blog] Farmers and Ranchers Encouraged to Share How Livestock, Poultry, Pets Behave During Eclipse Sunday, April 7, 2024 9:32PM CDT The Cattle Complex Continues to Dance Around Land Mines Monday, April 1, 2024 2:20PM CDT South America Calling Editorial Staff Watching Safrinha Corn in Brazil with Wet Season Essentially Over Thursday, April 18, 2024 10:28AM CDT Wet season showers have effectively ended this week in most of Brazil, which puts the onus on fronts coming from Argenti... [Read Full Blog] Is End of Wet Season Coming Early for Central Brazil? Thursday, April 4, 2024 10:48AM CDT Central Brazil's Subsoil Moisture Still Looks Bad Thursday, March 28, 2024 10:06AM CDT An Urban’s Rural View Urban Lehner Editor Emeritus The Long Wait for Lower Interest Rates Thursday, April 11, 2024 2:02PM CDT The year began with Federal Reserve officials projecting interest-rate cuts this year. Surprisingly stubborn inflation a... [Read Full Blog] It's Time to Take the Sodas out of SNAP Tuesday, April 2, 2024 1:07PM CDT What TikTok, Nippon Steel and Chinese Farmland Purchases Have in Common Friday, March 22, 2024 2:03PM CDT Machinery Chatter Dan Miller Progressive Farmer Senior Editor Baltimore Bridge Collapse From Ship Crash Could Affect Farm Machinery Shipments Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:40PM CDT The Port of Baltimore is a key import-export point for farm and construction machinery. The port tallied a record 1.3 mi... [Read Full Blog] Q&A With Deere on Technology: Cameras, Autonomy, Algorithms Tuesday, March 19, 2024 11:57AM CDT US Sales of 4WD Tractors, Combines Down in February Thursday, March 14, 2024 8:26AM CDT Canadian Markets Cliff Jamieson Canadian Grains Analyst A Parting Blog and Reflections on 12 Years With DTN Monday, April 15, 2024 1:57PM CDT After close to 12 years with DTN, I will be moving on while showing extreme gratitude to DTN for a wonderful opportunity... [Read Full Blog] A Parting Blog and Reflections on 12 Years With DTN Monday, April 15, 2024 1:57PM CDT Licensed Deliveries as a Percent of Estimated Supplies Friday, April 12, 2024 12:26PM CDT Editor’s Notebook Greg D. Horstmeier DTN Editor-in-Chief Happy National Ag Day! Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:05AM CDT March 19 is National Ag Day in the U.S. DTN hopes you'll join us to recognize and celebrate the many benefits agricultur... [Read Full Blog] Key 2023 Stories Weigh on 2024 Friday, December 29, 2023 12:11PM CDT Eagles and Expectations: 50 Years of the Endangered Species Act Thursday, December 28, 2023 11:13AM CDT

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	loading... CORN   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  April 2024  @C4K -3'4 426'6s  May 2024  @C4K -3'4 426'6s  June 2024  @C4N -4'6 436'2s  Fall 2024  @C4Z -4'6 460'0s SOYBEANS   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  April 2024  @S4K -15'2 1134'2s  May 2024  @S4K -15'2 1134'2s  June 2024  @S4N -15'2 1149'0s  Fall 2024  @S4X -12'0 1149'2s
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