Headline News
RECENT NEWS
24 May 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers were lower again the third week of May 2023, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were lower compared to last month. Only one fertilizer was substantially less expensive. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. Leading fertili...
23 May 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The EPA has appealed a ruling from a federal court in Texas that put the Biden administration's waters of the U.S. rule on hold in Texas and Idaho, in a filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans. Currently the WOTUS rule is on hold in 26 states after injunctions were handed down by the U.S. Di...
22 May 2023
The USACE consolidated lock repair schedule will be in its final phase beginning June 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2023. The full closure schedule is for approximately 120 days. The 2023 closure won't affect as much grain traffic as happened in the 2020 closure of five locks, but any business moving product by barge above the 2023 closures will defin...
22 May 2023
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation announced the signing of two new memorandums of understanding with ag equipment manufacturers Kubota Tractor Corp. and AGCO to continue to provide necessary diagnostic and other equipment to farmers and independent repair shops. The MOUs are said to cover 70% of all agriculture machinery so...
19 May 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- A five-year-old or older beef cow from Tennessee sent for slaughter at a South Carolina processing plant has tested positive for an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). USDA reported the details on the latest case of BSE late Friday afternoon. In a news release, USDA officials stated the cow was tested as part of ...