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14 Sep 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to decline for the fifth consecutive week, according to national average prices tracked by DTN for the first week of September. Once again, all eight major fertilizers were lower compared a month earlier with all but one marking considerable prices drops. One thing tha...
13 Sep 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- An official with the American Petroleum Institute on Tuesday said the group is against changing the point of obligation for the Renewable Fuel Standard from blenders to the fuel rack. Supporters of the change say it could save costs on implementing the program and to consumers at the pump. In August,...
13 Sep 2016
It's a simple question really and one that is on everyone's minds. Even though I know I will be asked it numerous times by interviewers and others, it's never easy to answer in a quick sound bite. Part of the problem is that the question asked is not what I hear in my head. The interviewer innocently says, "So what should producers be doing to prot...
12 Sep 2016
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst The key number in USDA's round of September Crop Production and Supply and Demand estimates had to be the national average soybean yield coming in at 50.6 bushels per acre. This pushed expected production to 4.201 billion bushels, with both numbers well above the high end of pre-report estimates (50.1 bpa and 4.16...
12 Sep 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The 2015-2016 crop year started out with soybean basis going strong as old-crop supplies were hard to find and processors had to pay a premium to flush out what was left until harvest started. The soybean cash index started out on Sept. 1, 2015, with the DTN National Average Basis at -15 under the November 20...