DTN Ag News


05/17/2012 - The fast planting pace means there will be corn harvested earlier than normal, setting the stage for basis levels to collapse.

05/17/2012 - A combination of favorable planting conditions and recent rain has topsoil well supplied with moisture for early corn growth in western Iowa.

05/17/2012 - CME Group is now seeking to expand its electronic trading to 21 hours per day, from 5 p.m. to 2 p.m., according to documents provided to DTN.

05/16/2012 - The production of ethanol in the United States reduced wholesale gasoline prices by an average of $1.09 per gallon in 2011, according to a study by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development at Iowa State University.

05/16/2012 - Drive-by scouting doesn't cut it -- especially this year. Insect alerts are coming in fast and furious, but there's no substitute for walking your own fields.

05/16/2012 - Farms over 2,000 acres were never the highest cost operators in the AgriSolutions database of equipment expense. However, some small farmers were unlikely to compete when their machinery costs escalated to $300 per acre and up.

05/15/2012 - Elaine Kub expects that expanded grain trading hours will mean expanded opportunities to react to real-time developments.

05/15/2012 - View From the Cab participant Katie Sanger Hancock waits for precip in Kentucky before planting soybeans while Ryan Brodersen is getting just-in-time rains in Nebraska.

05/15/2012 - LightSquared lists between $100 million and $500 million in debt spread out between 50 and 99 unsecured creditors. It was feared the company's planned wireless network would interfere with GPS signals and precision ag.