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21 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- From Missouri to Minnesota and in between, many planting efforts are stalled thanks to cool, soggy conditions. Farmers are finishing up burndown and pre-emergence herbicide sprays as well as fertilizer applications. Jeff Littrell, who farms with his son in southeast Minnesota, summed up ...
21 Apr 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter WEVER, Iowa (DTN) -- Amidst fertile Mississippi River Valley farm fields here, the first greenfield nitrogen fertilizer production facility built in the U.S. in more than 25 years officially opened for business Wednesday. Iowa Fertilizer Company (IFCo) and its Egypt-based parent company, OCI N.V., unveiled their Wev...
21 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor MALVERN, Iowa (DTN) -- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst told cattle producers she has her own concerns about the Trump administration's trade agenda as producers highlighted topics they would like to see addressed in the next farm bill. Ernst, a first-term Republican, told DTN she expects a quick vote on USDA Secretary nom...
20 Apr 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in months, retail fertilizer prices are showing signs of weakening with just as many fertilizer prices lower as higher the second week of April 2017 compared to last month, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. Of the eight major fertilizers, half continued to be highe...
20 Apr 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuels Association declares the 10% ethanol "blend wall" was broken through last year, based on federal numbers released by the U.S. Energy Information Agency. The blend wall has been a symbolic cutoff between the renewable fuels industry clamoring for higher market share, and the pe...