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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...
14 Oct 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- With the fate of California's Proposition 12 in the hands of the Supreme Court, pork producers said earlier this week the future of many of their businesses is in the balance as well. The animal-welfare law is said to control the way hog producers farm outside the state of California if they want to export pork products to th...