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5 Oct 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to fall during the fourth week of September 2017, with two exceptions, according to sellers tracked by DTN. For the second straight week, two fertilizers are showing higher prices compared to a month ago. Six of the eight major fertilizers were lower, compared to last...
5 Oct 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After several days of rainfall, Kansas wheat farmer Rick Horton was spending the morning in his truck, hunting for fields dry enough to drill wheat. The time was right, but the weather was not cooperating. A nagging question hangs over Horton and other wheat farmers this fall: Should the...
4 Oct 2017
By Karl Stenerson DTN Fertilizer Columnist Here is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends by the various fertilizers: AMMONIA International ammonia prices continued to firm during September with limited spot opportunities quickly snapped up by buyers and traders at a premium. Availability of spot product in the Black Sea, Baltic, Europe and Alg...
4 Oct 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sensing a change in support for biofuels from President Donald Trump's administration, a number of biofuel, agriculture and manufacturing groups asked the president to make sure the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not enact two proposed changes to federal policy they say could hurt the indu...
4 Oct 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel was all ready to start planting canola early last week on his farm outside of Miami, Oklahoma. The weather had other plans. "Mother Nature just told us to stand back," Zack told DTN late Sunday. "Terry (the Rendels' hired man) made a pass aroun...