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6 Jan 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst As the swollen Mississippi River leaves behind a sizable path of property destruction and tragic loss of human lives and livestock in Missouri and southern Illinois, floodwaters are heading farther south to the Gulf of Mexico, threatening towns and farmland along the way. In the flood's wake, Illinois Gov. Br...
6 Jan 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Picture in your mind a Fire Monkey. What does it look like? Your guess is as good as anybody's; it's a mythical zodiac creature, but it is known to be aggressive and mischievous. Now imagine that the Fire Monkey is rapidly running toward you. The Chinese Year of the Fire Monkey, determined by the lunar calenda...
5 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- While Barry Bushue is getting ready for a weekend of retail politicking at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention, the Oregon Farm Bureau president is dealing with issues revolving around the standoff at a national wildlife refuge in Oregon. Some of Oregon's leading farm and cattlemen's g...
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...