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5 Jan 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices rounded out 2015 with large declines the final week of December, according to fertilizer retailers tracked by DTN. This marks the first time in many months average prices of multiple fertilizers moved significantly. All eight of the major fertilizers drifted lower compared to ...
5 Jan 2016
ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- A handful of seed dealers in Arkansas have taken a big step back in time. They offered the first publically available generic Roundup Ready 1 (RR1) soybeans to farmers in 2015, with the full knowledge that their customers might not return in 2016. "For the first time in a long time, people can save soybeans and plant them thems...
4 Jan 2016
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers' discontent with crop input prices and farm incomes has continued to grow while hope of an economic turnaround has faded, according to the latest results of the DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agriculture Confidence Index. The latest reading of the index came in at 92.7, compared to 99.4 in August...
4 Jan 2016
By Ken JohnsonDTN Fertilizer Columnist AMMONIA World ammonia market prices dropped steadily through December. Export ammonia prices from Yuzhnyy, former Soviet Union (FSU), fell from $340-$550 per metric ton early to $270-$310 late. (All prices in this column are wholesale.) Weakening phosphate prices and seasonally weaker demand for ammonia at the...
4 Jan 2016
By Bryce AndersonDTN Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The strongest Pacific Ocean El Nino since 1997 continues to be the primary weather driver as we think about the 2016 growing season. With that overall influence, prospects heading into the first quarter of 2016 look promising for at least trendline yields. If such a production scenario verifies, ...