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3 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate on Tuesday took its best shot at turning back the waters of the United States rule only to come up short in a key procedural vote that blocked debate on a bill that would have forced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to start from scratch on the clean-water rule. The cloture vot...
3 Nov 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail prices of most fertilizers followed no particular trend in the past week, with some falling, some increasing and some remaining unchanged, according to dealers tracked by DTN for the fourth week of October 2015. The bottom line is that compared to a month ago, all fertilizers trended lower...
3 Nov 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Private analytical firm Informa Economics sees U.S. corn and soybean crops increasing slightly from USDA’s last forecast. It estimated the national average corn yield at 170.1 bushels per acre, up 2.1 bpa from last month. Production was pegged at 13.72 billion bushels. Informa increased its estimated...
2 Nov 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Eighty-five percent of the nation's corn and 92% of the soybeans were harvested as of Nov. 1, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report. Corn is 85% harvested, compared to 75% last week and a 79% five-year average. "Monday's report was neutral-to-bearish for corn," said DTN Analyst To...
2 Nov 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In a sign of the changing times in agriculture, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) officially launched the first world cotton futures contract Monday. The launch of the contract means that U.S. cotton will no longer set the world price. ICE officials told the Commodity Futures Tradin...