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29 Aug 2016
By Ken Johnson and Karl Stenerson DTN Fertilizer Columnists AMMONIA World ammonia prices moved lower through August. Export tons from Yuzhnyy, former Soviet Union (FSU), traded at $210-$220 per metric ton early and fell to $190-$200 late. (All prices in this column are wholesale.) Export ammonia prices from Middle East suppliers plunged from $295-...
26 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Seed prices, and the companies that set them, have appeared stubbornly indifferent to the decline in commodity crop values over the past few growing seasons. This past indifference -- and farmers' growing frustration over it -- may have changed, with some seed companies now re-examining...
26 Aug 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The DTN average weekly DDG spot price was unchanged for the week ended August 25 at $122 per ton. Of the 37 locations DTN collects spot prices from, eight showed increases of $2 to $5 from last week, five locations reported decreases of $5 and the balance of the prices were unchanged. A trader told DTN that pr...
26 Aug 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Pam Smith DTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor ROCHESTER, Minnesota (DTN) -- The overwhelming take-away from the 2016 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour was it's a great corn crop, but probably not a record. Tour scouts expected to see a bumper corn crop based on USDA's August national average estimate...
25 Aug 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Pam Smith DTN/Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor And Pam Smith DTN/The Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor AMES, Iowa, and GAYLORD, Minn. (DTN) -- Scout teams from the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour fanned out Thursday morning on the las...