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Linda Smith – DTN Markets Editor
Behind Firm Basis: Farmers Hold, Livestock Eat

Corn basis is the strongest it's been in a decade according to some reports, basis in south-central Illinois is positive, the DTN National Corn Index came in at $6.20 Thursday, 15 cents under the March contract, and Gulf exporters are bidding over $7 a bushel. Are farmers just saying "no" since prices slid southward beginning back in September? [Read and Comment on Full Blog]

Posted at 8:47PM Fri Jan 27, 2012 CST
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DTN Ag Policy Blog
Chris Clayton
DTN Ag Policy Editor
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:04PM CST

Biodiesel producers are calling on Congress to reinstate the $1-a-gallon tax credit on biodiesel that expired at the end of the year, citing more than 1 bil... [Read Full Blog]

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 8:04PM CST
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Minding Ag's Business
Marcia Taylor
DTN Executive Editor
Monday, January 23, 2012 3:45PM CST

Iowa farmers are giving their seal of approval to the new Yield Trend Adjustment option meant to correct for yield drag in federal crop insurance coverage,... [Read Full Blog]

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:53PM CST
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DTN Ag Weather Forum
Bryce Anderson
DTN Ag Meteorologist and DTN Analyst
Friday, January 27, 2012 4:19PM CST

During the past 2 winters there was a strong high pressure area across Greenland and eastern Canada which acted as a roadblock to the jet stream. Like a sto... [Read Full Blog]

Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:31PM CST
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Although daily moves on the ethanol futures market were anything but impressive, the weekly total of the solid run amounted to a gain of 6.5 cents per gallo... [Read Full Blog]

Friday, January 27, 2012 8:24PM CST
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DTN Production Blog
Kurt Lawton
Crops Production Editor
Tuesday, January 24, 2012 11:00PM CST

You can still smoke weeds with glufosinate, but the herbicide will no longer be called Ignite. Bayer CropScience has announced that the brand name Liberty r... [Read Full Blog]

Friday, January 20, 2012 3:57PM CST
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Machinery Chatter
Jim Patrico
Progressive Farmer Senior Editor
Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:29PM CST

It's a good time to be a farm equipment manufacturer. That's no surprise if you go by that broad smile on your local tractor dealer's face. Strong crop pric... [Read Full Blog]

Thursday, January 26, 2012 8:15PM CST
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Harrington's Sort & Cull
John Harrington
DTN Livestock Analyst
Friday, January 20, 2012 9:54PM CST

If the meat business operated in a psych ward (and many frustrated packers are now being fitted for strait jackets), concerned attendants would be herding b... [Read Full Blog]

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:51PM CST
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