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8 Oct 2023
Editor's Note: See Pamela Smith talk about View From the Cab on this week's Reporter's Notebook at https://www.dtnpf.com/…. ** DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It requires a curious mix of patience coupled with urgency to farm in northern states. The season squeezes from both ends as you wait for favorable weather to plant and then race to bring in the bount...
8 Oct 2023
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Here are the Top 5 things the DTN Newsroom is tracking for the week of Oct. 8. Watch for coverage of these and other topics through the week on our subscription platforms as well as on www.DTNPF.com. 1. Speaker uncertainty unnerves markets: There's a lot up in the air as the GOP-led House of Representatives tries to esca...
6 Oct 2023
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Frost on the pumpkin might be the sign there's a chill in the air, but soybean farmers are hoping they don't have a serving of frozen green beans to go with it. DTN Ag Meteorologist John Baranick warns that cold, near-artic air from Canada could bring frost to portions of the soybean belt, and that could also bring a chilling...
5 Oct 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture and a bankruptcy trustee in Texas are at odds over a new law, the Dealer Trust Act, and how to move ahead with $119.3 million in potentially unpaid claims tied to a Ponzi and check-kiting scheme involving a cattle operation in Kentucky and Texas. The claims involve a pair of feedyards -- McClain Fee...
4 Oct 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of September 2023 are showing a more pronounced split as some prices rise and others fall. For the first time in many months, multiple fertilizers were higher in price. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. Five of the eight major fertilizers were more ex...