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25 Aug 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- It has become the question of the day for U.S. ethanol producers: What happens to the industry if crude oil prices continue to tumble? Crude oil prices fell below $39 a barrel Monday for the first time since 2009, just ahead of the end-of-the-summer driving season and expected lower demand for gasolin...
25 Aug 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in months, retail fertilizer prices are beginning to drift lower, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of August 2015. This comes after some time in which fertilizer retailers predicted prices would fall. Prices for all eight of the major fertiliz...
24 Aug 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and soybean conditions held steady in the week ended Aug. 23, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report. Eight-five percent of the corn crop is in the dough stage and 39% is in the dent stage, compared to 71% and 21% last week and five-year averages of 81% and 43%. Corn was rated 10% po...
24 Aug 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- United Suppliers, Inc., and Land O'Lakes, Inc., have approved a merger of the Iowa and Minnesota ag retailers that will combine the companies' seed, crop protection and crop nutrients divisions, the companies announced in a joint news release Monday. The companies expect to close on the merger in Octo...
24 Aug 2015
By Mark ParkerProgressive Farmer Contributor Beef producers across most of the nation should find ample hay and feedstuff supplies this winter, along with moderating prices. "In the national hay complex, during 2014 and into 2015, we are seeing a trend toward normal prices and normal stocks," said Jessica Sampson, an economist with the Livestock Ma...