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27 Oct 2016
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA announced on Wednesday the release of nearly $3.6 billion in loans for projects across 31 states to improve the rural electric grid. The funding will build or improve 12,500 miles of transmission and distribution lines. That includes $216 million for smart grid technologies. Such technology uses remote controls or automation to...
27 Oct 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers remained virtually unchanged for the third week of October, coming off nine weeks of steady decline, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. All eight of the major fertilizer remain lower than the previous month. Anhydrous and 10-34-0 saw the most ...
26 Oct 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- "Been pretty nice weather out here." That's DTN View From the Cab farmer Jim Hoover's summation of last week around his farm outside Newport, Pennsylvania. It's been a challenging year for Jim and his family. Rains came too slow during the growing season, and he's seen evidence of th...
26 Oct 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Only seven members of the House Agriculture Committee and the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee have real races this election year, but the prospect for changes in membership on those committees in the next Congress is still great, depending on whether the House majority...
26 Oct 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Earlier this month, many farmers were hauling newly harvested $3 corn into the elevator and wondering how they ever got locked into some high-priced land contracts. Meanwhile, two professors were receiving a prize worth 8 million Swedish krona for studying that very phenomenon. Specifically, Oliver Hart and Be...