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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, ...
31 Dec 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- During the summer of 2014, a massive algae bloom in Lake Erie forced more than 400,000 residents of Toledo, Ohio, to temporarily avoid using city water after dangerous levels of toxins showed up in tests at one treatment plant. The state of Ohio hopes to prevent that from happening again, announcing W...
31 Dec 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Analyst WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Center for Biological Diversity on Wednesday criticized the Environmental Protection Agency for missing deadlines to complete risk assessments in 2015 for the pesticides atrazine, glyphosate and imidacloprid. "These risk assessments aren't just bureaucratic boxes to be checked," said Lo...