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8 Dec 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial week of December 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Once again, the nitrogen fertilizers maintained their spot as the clear leaders. Five of the eight major fertilizers recorded a sizable move higher compared to last month. DTN desi...
8 Dec 2021
CHICAGO (DTN) -- Tractors depreciate. Or, tractors did depreciate, reliably, at 10% a year for row-crop tractors. It's not a constant, as blips in the market, usually spurred by strong on-farm income, can break the 10% depreciation cycle. But 2021 has proven to be more than just a blip. Kyle McMahon, founder and CEO of Tractor Zoom (www.tractorzoom...
8 Dec 2021
On Thursday, Dec. 9, USDA is expected to make small changes to ending stocks estimates of U.S. corn, soybeans and wheat for 2021-22. Traders will likely also be interested in USDA's view of South American crop estimates. CORN The December World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report is not expected to shake up markets much, but it ...
7 Dec 2021
STARKVILLE, Miss. (DTN) -- Larry Steckel may have a doctorate in crop sciences, but he feels more like Dr. Doom when it comes to talking about herbicide-resistant weeds and ways to manage the yield robbers. "I was told at the back of the room that I wasn't supposed to have any negative comments. But I'm a weed scientist talking about pigweeds, so I...
7 Dec 2021
It seems like it was a long time ago the pattern was stable and less active. We have to go back to October, when temperatures east of the Rockies were record-setting, to see such a stable pattern. Stable does not mean inactive though, and many areas across the northern tier of the country found above-normal rainfall during that month. Since then, t...