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16 Mar 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst "They're just going to nickel and dime us down until we can't make any money at all! It costs money to maintain my equipment, you know. Gotta maintain minimum quality standards. Customers think it's some kind of game. It's not a game; it's my livelihood." Does any of that sound familiar? No, it wasn't a farmer...
15 Mar 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Farmers once protected themselves from commodity market price swings through diversification. That's because producing a wide range of products -- including both crops and livestock -- protected the bottom line. This year's View From the Cab farmers have adopted that philosophy, relyi...
15 Mar 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the second week in a row, retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN are mixed but still offering savings compared to a year ago. Five fertilizers were lower compared to month earlier, but the move to the low side was insignificant. DAP averaged $477 per ton, MAP $494/ton, potash $372/ton, 10-34-0 $5...
15 Mar 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- Despite serious erosion in farm incomes since 2013, farmland markets across the Corn Belt held amazingly steady this winter. Peak Soil Index sales data through February 2016 shows six states it monitors below all-time records set in the last few years. But select counties in W...
14 Mar 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Upper Mississippi River shippers celebrated the opening of the 2016 shipping season over the weekend with the arrival of two tow boats. There was no cause for celebration on the Lower Mississippi, though, with the river at or near flood stage and likely to cause shipping delays. On Saturday, March 12, the fir...