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14 Dec 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Much like the phosphorous outlook, the look ahead for the global potash (K) market looks to be positive in 2024, thanks to lower prices and returning demand from farmers across the world. Better affordability will mean more potash applications in 2024. However, the Russia-Ukraine war affected potash supply in the last couple of years...
13 Dec 2023
This story is the fourth of five profiles on the people selected as the DTN/Progressive Farmer's 2024 America's Best Young Farmers and Ranchers program. Today, we introduce Brad Laack, Lake Effect Farms LLC of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. ** Brad Laack is building a first-generation farm headquartered outside of Sheboygan Falls in east central Wisco...
13 Dec 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers who filed claims with USDA under the Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP) will receive essentially 9.5 cents on the dollar for lost revenue during the 2020 pandemic. On Wednesday, USDA announced PARP checks are going out after the Farm Service Agency (FSA) received nearly $7 billion in applications from 38,500 producers...
13 Dec 2023
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- If green jackets were awarded for raising corn, David Hula could fill a closet. He holds more National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) Yield Contest titles than Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods have combined Masters Tournaments wins. This year the Charles City, Virginia, farmer came to the top of the corn yield leader board with...
13 Dec 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The massive ongoing effort to reduce nutrient runoff across multiple states in the Mississippi River basin is beginning to pay off, according to a new EPA report to Congress on the work of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force. Most notably, the task force said the basin has reduced nutrient runof...