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	DTN Crops News
	Another Patchwork of State Dicamba Rules Emerging for 2019 Wednesday, December 12, 2018 11:40AM CST State rules on dicamba can override federal labels and some states are creating additional requirements. [Read Full News Story] After a Long Harvest, Farmers Review and Prepare for 2019 Friday, December 7, 2018 8:47AM CST The year's final field roundup found some farmers still waiting on a few unharvested acres, while others are hauling grain, finishing up fall fertilizer and tillage, buying seed and reflecting on the year. [Read Full News Story] Lower Soybean Seed Germination Predicted in 2019 Thursday, December 6, 2018 9:37AM CST Check soybean bag tags carefully for germination rates, calculate seeding rates appropriately and pick the right fungicide seed treatments in the spring. [Read Full News Story]

	DTN Blogs
	DTN Market Matters Blog Editorial Staff So Long, Farewell, Upper Mississippi River 2018 Shipping Season Monday, December 10, 2018 9:15AM CST The departure of Motor Vessel Thomas E. Erickson in late November signified the end of the 2018 shipping season on the U... [Read Full Blog] DTN DDG Weekly Update Friday, December 7, 2018 2:55PM CST DDG Prices Continue Higher Friday, November 30, 2018 9:59AM CST Technically Speaking Editorial Staff Row Crops Sitting on High Range, Wheat Attempting to Build Base Monday, December 10, 2018 9:17AM CST DTN's weekly technical analysis on corn, soybeans and wheat. Crude Oil, Gasoline Downtrends Remain Impressive Monday, November 26, 2018 10:39AM CST Monthly Analysis: Vegetable Oils Monday, November 19, 2018 10:39AM CST Fundamentally Speaking Joel Karlin DTN Contributing Analyst Plateauing Domestic Grain Demand Friday, December 7, 2018 7:08AM CST Grain consumption, specifically corn feed use, corn food-seed-industrial utilization and wheat food use. U.S. Corn & Soybean Yields Best Ever? Wednesday, December 5, 2018 10:10AM CST Corn Farmer Marketing Patterns Tuesday, December 4, 2018 10:28AM CST DTN Ag Policy Blog Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor White House Slow Walking Second Round of Farmer Trade Aid Tuesday, December 11, 2018 2:20PM CST Complications have arisen over the second tranche of trade-aid payments to farmers that was initially expected to be ann... [Read Full Blog] Final Farm Bill Released as Congress Pushes for Vote Monday, December 10, 2018 9:13PM CST BLM Publishes New Sage Grouse Plans to Mixed Reaction Friday, December 7, 2018 6:10AM CST Minding Ag's Business Katie Behlinger Farm Business Editor Focus on Financial Management Monday, December 10, 2018 2:16PM CST Over the past month, I've attended a number of agricultural conferences, and one theme connected all of them: savvy fina... [Read Full Blog] ARC/PLC Payments Continue to Decline Thursday, October 18, 2018 3:08PM CST Corn Considerations for 2019 Thursday, October 11, 2018 10:05AM CST DTN Ag Weather Forum Bryce Anderson DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst Mostly Favorable Dry Week in South America Tuesday, December 11, 2018 3:23PM CST After a week of favorable drier conditions in the Brazil and Argentina crop areas, rain is indicated to return over the... [Read Full Blog] Lower Soybean Seed Germination Predicted in 2019 Thursday, December 6, 2018 2:43PM CST Wet Weather in Central Brazil a Cause for Concern Tuesday, December 4, 2018 2:42PM CST DTN Ethanol Blog Editorial Staff Hypothetical Ethanol Plant Loss Deepens Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:55PM CST Ethanol accountant says market oversupply is as big of a problem as demand concerns in depressing margins. Ontario to Expand to E15 by 2025 Monday, December 3, 2018 11:31AM CST Grassley Hopeful EPA's Wheeler Changes Small Refinery Waiver Program Friday, November 30, 2018 1:23PM CST DTN Production Blog Pam Smith Crops Technology Editor Stop and Give Me Thirty Friday, November 16, 2018 4:00PM CST The View From the Cab series opens doors to everyday life during a farming season -- the good, the bad and sometimes the... [Read Full Blog] Spooky Thoughts on Dicamba Thursday, November 1, 2018 6:46PM CST Poetry on the Prairie Monday, October 8, 2018 7:04PM CST Harrington's Sort & Cull John Harrington DTN Livestock Analyst George's Ag Vision Thing Friday, December 7, 2018 4:51PM CST The presidential archives may not feature too many pictures of George H.W. Bush picking corn or slopping hogs, but libra... [Read Full Blog] USDA Final Rule Ends GIPSA Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:04PM CST Everybody's Marketing to Meat Eaters. Is That a Problem? Monday, November 26, 2018 9:38AM CST South America Calling Editorial Staff New Brazil Biodiesel Mandate Will Consume More Soybeans Domestically Tuesday, November 27, 2018 2:39PM CST Seeking to increase domestic crush of soybeans, Brazil has boosted its biodiesel blend to 11% and will eventually bump i... [Read Full Blog] Brazilian Farmers Expect Early Soybean Harvesting Tuesday, November 20, 2018 7:12AM CST Argentina Moisture Improves Friday, November 16, 2018 4:22PM CST An Urban’s Rural View Urban Lehner Editor Emeritus An Idea Whose Time Has Come Monday, December 3, 2018 11:32AM CST People have been talking about traceability for years, but in the leafy greens business retailers are getting serious ab... [Read Full Blog] The U.S. and China Near the Brink Monday, November 19, 2018 5:21PM CST What to do About the Widening Urban-Rural Gap Friday, November 9, 2018 5:27PM CST Machinery Chatter Dan Miller Progressive Farmer Senior Editor Disk Keeps Breaking Tuesday, November 20, 2018 11:58AM CST An outside disk on the front left gang of a reader's 820 Massey disk keeps breaking out in the center. What could be cau... [Read Full Blog] Take Control of Grain Quality in Corn Harvest Thursday, October 18, 2018 10:53AM CST Indiana State Police Offer Harvest Season Driving Tips Friday, October 5, 2018 10:16AM CST Canadian Markets Cliff Jamieson Canadian Grains Analyst Canada's Spring Wheat Yield and Deviation From Trend Wednesday, December 12, 2018 2:58PM CST Statistics Canada estimated Canada's average spring wheat yield at 50.5 bushels per acre in 2018, or 0.2% below its 20-y... [Read Full Blog] USDA's Global Rapeseed/Canola Estimates Over Time Tuesday, December 11, 2018 9:28PM CST Canada's Canola Yield and Deviation from Trend Monday, December 10, 2018 3:35PM CST Editor’s Notebook Greg D. Horstmeier DTN Editor-in-Chief Analyst Additions Monday, November 26, 2018 9:13PM CST Todd Hultman takes the helm as Lead Analyst, and we welcome Dana Mantini to the DTN/PF market analysis team. Insightful Summit Friday, November 2, 2018 5:31PM CST Dicamba Countdown Friday, August 24, 2018 5:53PM CST

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	loading... CORN   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  Dec 2018  @C9H '4 385'2s  Jan 2019  @C9H '4 385'2s  Feb 2019  @C9H '4 385'2s  March 2019  @C9H '4 385'2s SOYBEANS   Ramsey Grain Futures Month Futures Change Futures Price Basis Cash Price  Dec 2018  @S9F 5'0 920'0s  Jan 2019  @S9F 5'0 920'0s  Feb 2019  @S9H 5'0 933'2s  March 2019  @S9H 5'0 933'2s
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	@C - CORN - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 18 375'0 375'0 375'0 375'0 -1'2 376'2 09:31P Mar 19 384'4 384'4 384'0 384'2 -1'0 385'2 09:50P May 19 392'0 392'0 391'4 391'6 -1'0 392'6 09:50P Jul 19 398'0 398'0 397'6 397'6 -1'0 398'6 09:50P Sep 19 399'4 399'4 399'0 399'0 -1'0 400'0 09:50P Dec 19 403'2 403'2 402'6 403'0 -0'6 403'6 09:50P Mar 20 412'0 412'0 411'2 411'6 -1'0 412'6 09:44P @S - SOYBEANS - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Jan 19 918'6 919'4 916'4 918'4 -1'4 920'0 09:50P Mar 19 931'6 932'4 929'6 931'4 -1'6 933'2 09:50P May 19 944'6 945'0 942'4 944'0 -1'6 945'6 09:50P Jul 19 955'6 956'6 954'2 955'2 -2'0 957'2 09:50P Aug 19 960'2 960'2 959'2 959'2 -2'0 961'2 09:50P Sep 19 960'2 960'6 959'0 960'0 -1'6 961'6 09:49P Nov 19 965'0 965'4 963'4 965'4 -0'4 966'0 09:50P Jan 20 970'4 978'4 969'0 973'4 3'6 974'0s 09:49P @W - WHEAT - CBOT Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 18 520'6 520'6 517'6 517'6 5'4 515'2s 09:50P Mar 19 527'2 528'6 527'2 527'6 1'2 526'4 09:50P May 19 533'6 534'2 533'0 533'2 1'0 532'2 09:50P Jul 19 539'2 540'0 539'2 539'6 1'0 538'6 09:50P Sep 19 547'0 547'0 547'0 547'0 0'6 546'2 09:50P @LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 18 118.375 119.300 118.150 119.200 0.750 119.125s 04:08P Feb 19 122.275 123.000 121.700 123.000 0.750 122.900s 04:08P Apr 19 124.475 125.000 124.025 124.975 0.375 124.900s 04:08P @HE - LEAN HOGS - CME Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More Dec 18 54.700 54.800 54.375 54.775 0.275 54.725s 04:08P Feb 19 65.675 65.875 64.775 65.725 0.500 65.700s 04:08P Apr 19 71.550 72.025 70.775 71.875 0.500 71.950s 04:08P My Custom Markets Symbol Open High Low Last Change Close Time More

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	Rochester, IL Chg Zip Code:  Temp: 30oF Feels Like: 30oF Humid: 88% Dew Pt: 27oF Barom: 29.96 Wind Dir: N Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph Sunrise: 7:11 Sunset: 4:34 As reported at SPRINGFIELD, IL at 9:00 PM
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	Date Thu 12/13 Fri 12/14 Sat 12/15 Sun 12/16 Mon 12/17 Weather Condition Weather Rain Rain Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Clear Temp L/H (°F) 31/43 38/45 34/44 28/47 25/42 Feels Like L/H (°F) 25/38 32/40 27/39 21/42 15/37 Dew Point (°F) 35 39 32 32 27 Humidity (%) 93 95 79 76 80 Wind Speed (mph) 7 10 9 9 7 Precip (%) 67 30 - - - Precip Amt (in.) Rain 0.31 Rain 0.16 None None None Evap (in./day) 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.04 0.03
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