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27 Jan 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In another day of falling out with a major trading partner, President Donald Trump and his team declared support for a potential 20% tax on all imports as one way to help fund the construction of a wall to separate the U.S. and Mexico. White House spokesman Sean Spicer told the White House press...
26 Jan 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati has put the legal fight on the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule on hold pending a review by the U.S. Supreme Court, according to an order handed down Wednesday. The U.S. Supreme Court last week granted a request to hear a legal ...
26 Jan 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Plenty of phosphorus (P) fertilizer application is still broadcast, but more farmers are moving toward banding or knifing in their fertilizer needs directly into the soil. The appeal of this process would be improved fertilizer efficiency, but it does also create a need for specialized application equi...
26 Jan 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst When President Donald Trump aggressively launched his first full week on the job by withdrawing the country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a host of agricultural organizations -- most of who had explicitly or implicitly embraced the crusade to "Make America Great Again" -- almost fell over each ot...
25 Jan 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be relatively stable the third week of January 2017, according to retailers tracked by DTN. But, as was the case last week, more fertilizers are now trending higher than lower. Six of the eight major fertilizers edged higher, although none moved by any considerable...