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26 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Thursday will announce $200 million to expand meatpacking capacity through a new loan program, along with releasing a new proposed rule to protect contract poultry growers and invest in ways to increase training programs for workers in meat and poultry processing. Citing the Biden administration's efforts to promote competiti...
26 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in several months, retail fertilizer prices were mixed, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third week of May 2022. A few were slightly higher, a few were slightly lower and one fertilizer was unchanged in price compared to last month. Four fertilizers' prices were higher compared to last month, but none wer...
25 May 2022
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Scouts on the Southern Illinois Wheat Tour on May 24 estimated the state's soft red winter wheat (SRW) will average 68.56 bushels per acre (bpa). Farmers and wheat industry officials assessed fields and production potential and crop quality. Most of the SRW wheat in Illinois is grown in the southern third of the state. All the...
25 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in several months, retail fertilizer prices were mixed, according to prices tracked by DTN for the third week of May 2022. A few were slightly higher, a few were slightly lower and one fertilizer was unchanged in price compared to last month. Four fertilizers' prices were higher compared to last month, but none wer...
25 May 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- DTN's national average cash price for a bushel of hard red winter wheat established a new high at $13.15 earlier this month, a record that reflects not only drought conditions in the Southern Plains, but also weather and geopolitical issues in most wheat-growing regions of the world. Wheat is the most cosmopolitan of the ...