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13 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continue to move higher according to prices tracked by DTN for the first week of March 2024. For the first time in several months, a fertilizer showed a notable price move. Seven of the eight major fertilizer prices were higher compared to a month earlier, marking the fourth week in a row that prices were mostly hi...
12 Mar 2024
PERRY, Iowa, (DTN) -- Tyson Foods has announced they will close its pork plant in Perry, Iowa, at the end of June, putting 1,276 employees out of work and leaving as many as 6,000 pork producers finding another source to harvest their animals. "After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close our Perry, Iowa por...
12 Mar 2024
"We don't have any hobbies; all we've ever done is work!" Many readers have heard that phrase -- and might have even said it -- on more than one occasion. Those with farms and ranches work a great deal, and they have a hard time separating their work from their identity. When you consider the seasonality, intensity, financial risk and physical labo...
12 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- The mild winter and perhaps an early arrival of spring has Midwestern farmers mulling over their fertilizer decisions in March when soils are usually still frozen. Experts urge farmers to take this extra time to test their soils to make sure fertilizer is really needed. With a warmer and dry winter, fertilizer losses could be somewha...
11 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farms nationally could face a potential tax liability increase of nearly $10 billion unless Congress passes extensions on some key tax provisions before the end of 2025. Individual farmers could see an array of higher taxes and lost deductions or credits, depending on their individual farm and family situations. As the country heads ...