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While yield predictions improved in Indiana and eastern Illinois, a lot of that yield, particularly in soybeans, will depend on rains in the next week. In the west, yields looked slightly lower than 2007 in Nebraska, and moisture also continued to be less than a year ago. See DTN Ag News. 1^Full Story...

Volatility and expanded trading limits won't necessarily drown hedgers, according to DTN Analyst Elaine Kub. See DTN Ag News. BFull Story...

In the race to beat a sudden price increase on his 2009 tractor order, full-time farmer and consummate dealmaker Adam Erwin says he feels like a crime victim: His tractor costs just galloped more than $10 an hour. See DTN Ag News. BFull Story...