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2 Jun 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- It was another week of extremely steady retail fertilizer prices the fourth week of May 2017, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. No fertilizer prices were significantly higher or lower from the previous month. Of the eight major fertilizer, five were slightly lower in price compared t...
2 Jun 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter ASHLAND, Kan. (DTN) -- A simple framed print of a powerful message stands out on the wall of Jenny Giles Betschart and her family's temporary home in their guest ranch house. "We survived because the fire in us burned brighter than the fire around us," says a phrase in white print over an otherwise solid black outli...
2 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Declaring that he was looking out for the country's economic interests and reasserting American sovereignty, President Donald Trump said Thursday that the U.S. will walk away from the international climate-change agreement reached less than two years ago. "The United States will withdraw from the...
1 Jun 2017
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser Much can be learned from the experiences of other family businesses -- when you can find a guide willing to share their mistakes. In "Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss," Frances Stroh offers a critical look inside the family dynamics and business trials faced by the Stroh family and its iconic br...
1 Jun 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The head of the Renewable Fuels Association sees no damage to ethanol production or exports if President Donald Trump decides to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. But other major businesses in the agricultural supply chain are urging the White House not to walk away from the Paris ...