Hurricane Michael landed in Florida Panhandle and Alabama on Wednesday as it seemed to continue building steam and is expected to move northward into the Carolinas, which are just starting recovery from Hurricane Florence last month. This comes around to attention given this week to the latest climate report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Late last week, many farmers ventured out to their rain-soaked fields to check the condition of their crops. Many found ruined soybean plants and sprouting corn. Others couldn't tell, because their crops were covered in snow.
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Michael Conaway, R-Texas, was in Omaha with Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a freshman member of the committee, on Monday as they toured an Omaha nonprofit. He talked with DTN about his take on where things stand with the 2018 farm bill.
As farmers fill storage space with soybeans this fall amid the trade dispute with China, experts say there are ways to minimize downside risk and earn the carry offered in the futures market.
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