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30 Dec 2021
Editor's Note: 2021 was a wild one, from a tumultuous change in the White House, to continued La Nina influences on the weather, to skyrocketing fertilizer and input costs. There were also a lot of good stories to tell. As the calendar year comes to a close, we asked the DTN/Progressive Farmer writing team to pick their favorite effort from the yea...
30 Dec 2021
Transitions in family agriculture businesses are often focused on the senior generation "letting go" and the younger generation "grabbing hold." But the people who let go also need something to embrace when they consider their next chapter. Boredom, loss of identity and the fear of no longer being relevant are common concerns among those facing ret...
30 Dec 2021
Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. Today, we continue the countdown with No. 2: how the new presidential administration shifted directions on rules and regulations, including on trade, pesticide regulations, Waters of the United States, the Renewable F...
29 Dec 2021
Looking at prices and revenue, it was a good year to be a commodity producer or a long commodity investor! For the calendar year 2021, agricultural commodity futures have posted the following gains (prices rounded, as of Dec. 28, 2021): Corn: Up 26% from $4.84 to $6.10 Soybeans: Up 3% from $13.15 to $13.60 Soybean meal: Down 4% from $434 to $417 So...
29 Dec 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices for the third week of December 2021 continued to move higher, albeit at a slower pace. The percentage higher moves are not as much as they have been in recent weeks. In fact, all of the moves were in the single-digit range, something that hasn't happened since the second week of September 2021. Only three of ...