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30 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Concerns over the role neonicotinoids may play in pollinator health issues have prompted the governor of Minnesota and the state's Department of Agriculture (MDA) to propose sweeping restrictions to neonicotinoid use that are unprecedented for U.S. growers. Neonicotinoids are a class of ...
29 Aug 2016
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor By the time this year's fall-born calves are being weaned, the cattle industry will be looking at prices 5% to 15% lower than they are today -- think somewhere between $100 per cwt to $120 per cwt for 500-pound feeders. It's the continuation of a downward trend not nearly as remarkable as the 40...
29 Aug 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst With near-record corn and soybean crops predicted in the U.S. and big crops also expected in Canada, railroad companies in both countries are gearing up for what looks to be another high-volume harvest this fall. The question on many farmers' and shippers' minds likely is: Can the railroads handle it? The majo...
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...