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19 Jan 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 2:04 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 19. It was last updated with additional information at 2:34 p.m. CST on Friday, Jan. 19. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- Cattle and calves on feed for the slaughter market in the United States for feedlots with capacity of 1,000 or more head totaled 11.9 million head on Jan. 1, 2...
19 Jan 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday pulled a controversial proposal to create a category of stocks called natural asset companies, after critics including agriculture groups sounded alarms it would have allowed foreign investors to seize control of agriculture land in the U.S. The proposal would have allowed private inte...
19 Jan 2024
The end of December through the first half of January saw El Nino-related winter conditions envelop much of the contiguous U.S. with rain and snow along with bone-rattling Arctic cold. But so far, the precipitation has not made much of a difference in dryness across some high production areas of the Western Corn Belt; dryness which began after the ...
17 Jan 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of January 2024 continue to show mostly declines compared to last month. For the third consecutive week, six of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month, while the remaining two fertilizers were slightly higher. DTN designates a significant move...
17 Jan 2024
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- On Wednesday, the National Wheat Foundation (NWF) released the results of the quality component of its 2023 National Wheat Yield Contest. This year's 10 winners include wheat growers from eight different states from Virginia to Oregon. It was the second year the yield contest included an evaluation of grain quality. Tho...