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17 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Biodiesel producers using soybean oil as a feedstock had what one agriculture economist called a "devastating year" in 2021, as the unprecedented high cost of soybean oil far outweighed all-time-high biodiesel prices of $6.42 a gallon. In a new profitability analysis of the industry released on Wednesday, Scott Irwin, Laurenc...
17 Feb 2022
Drought near the poles typically means an absence of rain. Closer to the equator, drought means significantly below-normal rainfall. It can still rain, sometimes moderately so, while drought continues to build. It's a distinction worth noting as we continue to see drought conditions in Argentina and southern Brazil as we shift focus from the early ...
17 Feb 2022
ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- After a tense group of state agriculture directors listened to an expert on the Clean Water Act explain EPA's latest attempt to rewrite the "waters of the U.S." rule, Ted McKinney, the new CEO of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, asked if agriculture was mounting an effective pushback against the ...
16 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to be mostly higher the first full week of February 2022, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. All but one of the major fertilizers were higher compared to last month. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were slightly higher, although none were up a considerable amount. DTN designates a significan...
16 Feb 2022
ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- After reporting more cases of H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) on Monday, USDA's administrator for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) warned state agricultural directors there is a high risk that bird flu will continue to spread and a need to stress tight biosecurity measures to poultry produ...