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11 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Hurricane Milton hit Florida's Gulf Coast Wednesday evening as a Category 3 storm. Weather forecasts earlier in the week had the hurricane going right through the Tampa area, which is home to several phosphorus (P) production facilities. Milton came onto land further south and away from these plants, where much phosphorus is mined an...
11 Oct 2024
By DTN Staff This article was originally published at 11:02 a.m. CDT on Friday, Oct. 11. It was last updated with additional information at 11:44 a.m. CDT on Friday, Oct. 11. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA raised corn production and yields on Friday, bumping corn to 15.2 billion bushels, while slightly lowering soybean production to 4.582 billion bushels. ...
11 Oct 2024
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) -- Hurricane Helene was the fourth natural disaster to hit Florida's Full Circle Dairy in 13 months, but this one had the biggest impact on the operation located in the northern part of the state in Lee. "This time, the good Lord was watching out for us," said Philip Watts. The Watts family are managing partners at the dairy. "...
10 Oct 2024
USDA is set to release its October Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CDT on Friday, Oct. 11. USDA's corn and soybean production estimates have a history of turning more accurate in October, but on the other side of the coin, harvest is well underway, prices are already anticipating new sup...
10 Oct 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is collecting claim information from as many as 50 poultry growers who have not been paid under growing contracts with Pure Prairie Poultry. Less than two years after being awarded $45.6 million in USDA loans and grants, a northern Iowa chicken processing plant has shut down with state department...