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Cash corn prices are their highest in seven years, making the gap between futures and cash prices, which is also known as basis, uncommonly narrow for this time of year. Green and yellow shades reflect the tightness of this metric. (DTN chart)
Market Approaches $6 Corn
4/19/2021 | 5:31 PM CDT
Cash Corn Prices Close in on $6 Per Bushel, Highest Price in Nearly 8 Years
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Those baby soybeans that are just emerging could be headed for a few cold nights this week. (DTN/Progressive Farmer file photo by Gregg Hillyer)
Weather Gives Planting Cold Shoulder
4/19/2021 | 4:47 PM CDT
Button Up, Baby Beans: It's Going to Get Cold Out There
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(DTN photo illustration by Nick Scalise)
USDA Weekly Crop Progress Report
4/19/2021 | 3:38 PM CDT
Despite Colder Weather, Corn, Soybean Planting Plows Ahead
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Federal Biscay, a 656-foot bulk carrier owned by Montreal-based Fednav, will earn the first ship distinction of 2021 in Duluth, Minnesota, completing the season's first full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Great Lakes' westernmost port, Duluth-Superior Harbor. (Photo by Duluth Shipping News)
Cash Market Moves
4/19/2021 | 10:55 AM CDT
Opening Day 2021 in Port of Duluth-Superior as First Saltie Arrives
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Farmers answering the spring DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index survey report happiness for current business conditions but show slight pessimism for the year ahead. (DTN graphic by Nick Scalise)
Agriculture Confidence Index Results
4/19/2021 | 6:20 AM CDT
Farmers Seem to Make the Best of a Temporary Situation
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  1. Cash Corn Prices Close in on $6 Per Bushel, Highest Price in Nearly 8 Years

  2. Button Up, Baby Beans: It's Going to Get Cold Out There

  3. Despite Colder Weather, Corn, Soybean Planting Plows Ahead

  4. Opening Day 2021 in Port of Duluth-Superior as First Saltie Arrives

  5. Farmers Seem to Make the Best of a Temporary Situation

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Opening Day 2021 in Port of Duluth-Superior as First Saltie Arrives

Federal Biscay, a 656-foot bulk carrier owned by Montreal-based Fednav, will earn the first ship distinction of 2021 in Duluth, Minnesota, completing the season's first full transit of the St. Lawrence Seaway en route to the Great Lakes' westernmost port, Duluth-Superior Harbor. (Photo by Duluth Shipping News)

The Federal Biscay, the first oceangoing vessel of the 2021 maritime shipping season, arrived...

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