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15 Aug 2022
By Logan Garcia, Market Reporter -- Fertecon, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit The following is a recap of fertilizer price trends and market developments for the month of July. OVERALL July was characterized by general nitrogen price increases due to spillover from continued developments in European natural gas prices. Conversely, we saw a la...
15 Aug 2022
The low water level of Germany's Rhine River is causing problems for inland shipping, agriculture and coal-fired power plants. The lack of freight capacity on the Rhine affects the entire economy, as many other goods cannot be transported or delivered. The Rhine River, which runs northwest from Switzerland through Germany, France, and the Netherlan...
15 Aug 2022
By Russ Quinn, DTN Staff Reporter, and Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor KEARNEY, Neb. (DTN) -- McLean Beef, a small Nebraska meat locker, found itself expanding opening a new retail store just when the pandemic was hitting. Steel prices and other construction costs were a challenge, but the small direct marketer also had to consider how to retai...
12 Aug 2022
By Matthew Wilde, Progressive Farmer Crops Editor, and Katie Dehlinger, DTN Business Editor ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- The final day of the week-long DTN Digital Yield Tour, powered by Gro Intelligence, finds below-average corn yields in South Dakota and Minnesota due to heat and dry conditions. Soybeans fared better in both states, projected to yield a...
12 Aug 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -– Seed trait companies Corteva Agriscience and rival Bayer CropScience have filed lawsuits in federal court this week over patent rights involving herbicide trait technology. Corteva, in a lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, alleges Bayer/Monsanto has violated Corteva's patent rights to a gene that "encod...