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15 Dec 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- One hundred congressmen signed a letter Monday to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, demanding the secretary declare cottonseed as an eligible oilseed for federal farm-program payments. The list of congressmen signing the letter included 80 Republicans and 20 Democrats, mostly from cotton-prod...
15 Dec 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to fall the second week of December 2015, although not to any great extent, according to retailers tracked by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers edged lower compared to a month earlier but only by small, insignificant amounts of 2% or less. DAP ave...
14 Dec 2015
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent BEIJING (DTN) -- China's Ministry of Agriculture plans to reduce the size of its Corn Belt by 9.5 million acres in the next five years to promote crop diversity and protect the environment, it stated in a recent document. That would equate to about a 10% reduction in corn acres compared to 2015-16, when Chinese fa...
14 Dec 2015
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Supporters of a bill passed by Congress last week that reauthorizes the Surface Transportation Board -- the federal regulatory body responsible for economic oversight of the nation's freight rail system -- say the legislation will make the STB more accountable and effective in addressing rail service issues. ...
14 Dec 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Planting of the Brazilian soybean crop is reaching a close with hot, dry conditions across the Cerrado continuing to concern. Field work was 93% complete as of Friday, behind the five-year average of 98% for this time of year, according to AgRural, a local farm consultanc...