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Last week, NGFA and others responded to the Surface Transportation Board's request for comments on improving procedures, saying that the nature of the SAC standard the board uses is the single greatest source of delay in processing SAC cases.

DDG prices were slightly higher on average, thanks to steady demand during the past week.

This past fall and winter, North Dakota received 47 inches of snow, and South Dakota railcars and locomotives were buried in snow. But in last week's USDA Crop Progress report, those same areas are now suffering through drought conditions.

DDG prices were higher on average thanks in part to the rally in the cash corn price this past week.

The DTN National Average Basis chart shows what a rough year it was for the hard red winter wheat basis that hung well below the minimum five-year average for the 2016-17 crop year.

DDG prices were unchanged on average as end users weren't very aggressive buyers after loading up on product prior to the three-day weekend.

High water levels on rivers throughout the central U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico following recent heavy rains are still affecting barge and ship traffic.

DDG prices were slightly higher this week on a steady flow of product ahead of the long Memorial Day weekend.

The Distillers Grains Technology Council (DGTC) held its 21st annual Distillers Grains Symposium May 17-18 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The symposium examined the latest information and issues on distillers grains marketing and merchandising, animal nutrition, processing technologies and...

Corruption allegations in Brazil have become a new bearish influence on U.S. soybean prices in 2017.

Late-April rains inundated much of Arkansas, causing losses for both the row-crop and livestock sectors as freshly planted fields started to take on water.

DDG prices were mixed this week, with strength seen in demand from the parts of the Eastern Corn Belt where runtimes have slowed.

Mother Nature has been on a rampage the past few weeks, filling major and minor rivers in the U.S. and causing them to overflow onto farmland and communities in their path.

DDG prices were mixed this week with end-user demand slow. Barge offers rose, as the flooding in St. Louis and on the Illinois River disrupted barge movement for at least the rest of this week.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission approved Variable Storage Rates in CBOT wheat futures contracts beginning with the July 2010 contract expiration. Since then, talk swirled around adding corn and or CBOT KC HRW wheat, but received opposition from traders. In January of...

DDG prices have been firm with some locations posting better bids based on slightly tighter availability. Ethanol production remains below the million gallons a week growth we saw in prior weeks, as plants take spring maintenance downtimes.

USDA said that spring wheat planting in the six key states as of April 16 was at 13%, which is behind the five-year average of 21%. South Dakota is the only state of the six listed that is ahead of average.

DDG prices were slightly higher than average due to recent plant maintenance.

Farmers are unhappy with prices, and one of the reasons is that basis is currently sitting below the minimum five-year average and has actually been camped out there since the start of the crop year.

DDG prices were higher on average thanks in part to spring downtime maintenance.