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4 May 2022
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Oklahoma Hard Red Winter (HRW) wheat production this year will likely be about half of the 2021 harvest, as widespread drought and recent high winds took a toll on plants. The Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association assessed the state's HRW wheat crop in late April and reported the findings Tuesday, May 3, during its annual meetin...
4 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- According to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of April 2022, prices are somewhat mixed to end the month of April. Six fertilizers' prices were higher, but none were up significantly. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. DAP had an average price of $1,049 per ton, MAP $1,082/ton (all-tim...
3 May 2022
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Up Top Acres co-founder Kristof Grina figures his company's foray into urban agriculture will be part of a solution to many pressing problems in Washington, D.C., and other large cities on the East Coast. Growing food atop tall city building rooftops can help city dwellers reduce runoff into the Chesapeake Bay, create much-neede...
3 May 2022
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Reid Thompson usually sells a portion of his crop before its even planted. This year, he estimates his early marketing has an average cash price of $6.50 per bushel of corn and $15 per bushel of soybeans. "The do-nothing strategy would have been the right one this year," the McClean County, Illinois, farmer told DTN, addi...
3 May 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday reported landowners have agreed to enroll more than 2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the General signup period, with the department expecting more acres to come through the Grasslands and Continuous enrollment periods, which remain open. Right now, USDA expects about 3.4 million acres ...