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8 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Most retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN cooled off a bit during the first week in February, as five of the eight fertilizers reported small price drops. The price of 10-34-0 was the only fertilizer tracked by DTN to record a price increase compared to one week ago, rising by about 1% to $826 per ton. The fertilizer hit t...
7 Feb 2022
On Wednesday, Feb. 9, USDA is expected to make small reductions to ending stocks estimates of U.S. corn and soybeans for 2021-22. Traders will likely be most interested in USDA's new estimates of South America's corn and soybean crops after both have been suffering dry conditions for over a month. CORN USDA's February World Agricultural Supply and ...
7 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- It was a record-setting year for both biofuels production and corn production in Iowa, despite what biofuels and agriculture groups say is ongoing confusion coming from EPA on the Renewable Fuel Standard and its place in growing biofuels markets. In comments submitted Friday to EPA on the latest RFS proposal, the Iowa Corn Gr...
7 Feb 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers and others looking to get a commercial driver's license (CDL) will now be required to get federally approved training before they are eligible to take the CDL test. The new federal training standards went into effect on Monday, though the trucking industry has been working for a decade to get the new rules in place. Called th...
4 Feb 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The Nebraska Legislature moved one step closer Thursday to a full floor debate on legislation that would give Nebraska farmers the right to repair their own equipment, as the judiciary committee voted Legislative Bill 543 out of committee. The bill is labeled as a priority of state Sen. Tom Brandt of Plymouth, making the Nebr...