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22 Dec 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Quarterly financials from oil and gasoline companies paint a picture of how a 38-digit number can make a difference of millions of dollars flowing into the liquid fuel business. The market for renewable identification numbers, or RIN, is a major revenue source that generates tens of millions of dolla...
22 Dec 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Exactly 70 years ago, on Dec. 20, 1946, New York moviegoers first heard Jimmy Stewart exclaim, "I wish I'd never been born!" (in character as George Bailey from Bedford Falls). The classic Frank Capra film, "It's A Wonderful Life" has been an indelible part of Americana ever since. The grain markets have exper...
22 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of December 2016 continue to show fertilizer prices in no strong pattern. While prices have moved both higher and lower for some nutrients compared to a month ago, the movement is slight. Half of the eight major fertilizers nudged higher in...
21 Dec 2016
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- It's no secret that Randy Dowdy can rock a yield contest. However, this year the Valdosta, Georgia, grower and Dowdy Farms produced two yields in excess of 500 bushels per acre in the 2016 National Corn Yield Contest. Topping the mark twice in the same year is a first for the ...
21 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of December 2016 continue to show fertilizer prices in no strong pattern. While prices have moved both higher and lower for some nutrients compared to a month ago, the movement is slight. Half of the eight major fertilizers nudged higher in th...