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The Crop Tour Was A-Twitter 27 Aug 2013 | 01:42 am
Real-time feedback on this year's crop tour made spending a week on the road much more fun, yet it also highlighted how far behind the crop is maturity-wise and just how sensitive it will be to weathe...
Wheat Moves South, Corn Moves North 23 Aug 2013 | 12:11 am
Wheat is moving south for export to foreign buyers while corn is moving north to domestic ethanol buyers.
How the Crop Tour Arrives at Yield Estimates 19 Aug 2013 | 04:27 pm
Here's a primer on how the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour arrives at its corn yield estimates and soybean pod counts
Gulf Soybean Basis, New-Crop Export Sales Firm 16 Aug 2013 | 07:09 pm
National average soybean basis is down from last week, but higher than the 5-year average.
O Iowa, Iowa! Wherefore Art Thou, Iowa? 15 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
Iowa farmers are used to their state guiding market action, making their frustration this year understandable.
HRW Wheat Basis Strength Continues; Wheat Shipments to the Gulf Rise 8 Aug 2013 | 10:34 pm
While the national average hard red winter wheat basis for this week at 16 cents under September futures is down 1 cent from last week, it is 72 cents higher than the DTN five-year average at this tim...
Congressmen Call for Criminal Probe Into MF Global, Corzine 6 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
Eighteen Republican Congressmen sent a letter to the Justice Department urging it to renew a criminal probe into MF Global's collapse and widen its scope to include possible perjury charges against fo...
China: Contrarian Viewpoints, Changing Domestic Support Programs 6 Aug 2013 | 01:15 am
I've read two interesting reports on China in the past few days. The first argues that Chinese demand hasn't been the big demand driver in commodities that it gets credit for sometimes. The other expl...
Farmers Wary of Overestimating Production 2 Aug 2013 | 09:33 pm
Several farmers updated DTN managing editor Cheri Zagurski on how their crops are growing, and it's clear they're wary of overestimating production.
Hard Red Winter Wheat Basis Strong; Corn Basis Recovers 31 Jul 2013 | 10:00 pm
Hard red winter wheat basis and corn basis are above last week's levels.
