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18 Oct 2022
DES MOINES (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday announced it has provided $800 million in debt relief so far to distressed borrowers of Farm Service Agency (FSA) loans as part of $3.1 billion in promised aid. The list of programs and support will help as many as 34,000 borrowers with USDA direct or guaranteed loans. The department on Tuesday kicked off a proce...
18 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Five of eight fertilizer prices tracked by DTN are on the downward slide in the second week of October compared to one month ago, with the starter fertilizer 10-34-0 continuing a significant drop for the second straight week. For just the second time in six weeks, the price of 10-34-0 was the only fertilizer showing a signifi...
18 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Five of eight fertilizer prices tracked by DTN are on the downward slide in the second week of October compared to one month ago, with the starter fertilizer 10-34-0 continuing a significant drop for the second straight week. For just the second time in six weeks, the price of 10-34-0 was the only fertilizer showing a signifi...
17 Oct 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- Few people understand the Federal Milk Marketing Order, but the American Farm Bureau Federation brought together more than 100 dairy farmers, processors, cooperatives and trade groups over the weekend to look at ways to reform milk pricing and marketing policy. The running joke from participants going into the three-day fo...
14 Oct 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Commodity prices may be strong, but many of the factors behind them are born from the fires of chaos and uncertainty. The war between Russia and Ukraine has tightened global energy supplies, forcing the price of many farm inputs higher. Lingering supply chain impacts have made it harder to source parts and chemistry. Moth...