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Market Matters Blog
Cash prices for corn, soybeans and HRS wheat were higher Friday, while HRW and SRW wheat prices were lower.
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Technically Speaking
There is a great deal of talk about the US dollar index Tuesday, with its bullish turnaround putting pressure on commodities.
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Fundamentally Speaking
This piece looks at the end of December Palmer Drought ratings in four top corn producing states the year before drought made U.S. corn yields fall 10% or more from trend.
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Ag Policy Blog
While more than half of producers that responded to a Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board survey said they'd vote to approve increasing the checkoff fee to $1.50 per head, its not likely the levy will be increased anytime soon.
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Minding Ag's Business
Nobody takes crop insurance expecting to make a profit, but today's $5.77 close on Dec futures contract for corn is a good omen for the farm safety net. Feb. 1 marks the annual count down for the crop insurance price discovery for spring planted crops.
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Ag Weather Forum
Mild temperatures and lack of snow across the Midwest and much of the nation likely to continue due to lack of mechanism to bring Canadian cold southward.
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Ethanol Blog
Ethanol futures slipped lower for the week on increased supplies and lackluster demand while corn prices inched higher in choppy trade. Energy markets saw a lot of daily action through the week, but by the end of the week, results was unimpressive.
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Production Blog
Give Me Liberty 1/24 5:00PM
Glufosinate herbicide will once again be called Liberty beginning with the 2012 crop season.
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Harrington's Sort & Cull
Judging by their crazy and self-destructive behavior since 2012 began, beef processors are certifiably insane.
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South America Calling
Rains over the last month have saved the Argentine soybean crop, and more precipitation is forecast to nourish it through the flowering and pod-filling stages. However, renewed expectations of a 50 million metric ton crop do appear overly optimistic.
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An Urban's Rural View
The news from Japan usually has a predictable quality about it. So American agriculture, which exports a lot to Japan, should take note when the country produces a genuine news flash, as it did recently.
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Machinery Chatter
Booming commodity prices are driving worldwide demand for agricultural equipment.
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Editors' Notebook
Can Department of Labor laws save farm kids?
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What DTN Is Watching
Fri Feb 3, 2012 06:13 AM CST

Markets: Winter storm moving across the Plains. Continued talk of reduced South American crop production.

Outside markets: January nonfarm payrolls, unemployment rate, average hourly earnings. December factory orders.

Weather: Rain or thunderstorms develop in the southwest Midwest Friday, spreading eastward across the southern half of the region through Saturday, changing to snow late Friday. A blizzard warning continues in Colorado into Kansas and Nebraska.

Ag Policy: A House hearing in Washington will examine issues involving the Keystone XL pipeline.

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