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3 Nov 2021
MT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The retail fertilizer price spike continues, with seven of the eight major fertilizers tracked by DTN posting significant gains and one setting a new record. UAN32 cost an average of $522 per ton in the fourth week of October, the highest in DTN's 13 years of gathering bids. While the nitrogen fertilizer increased 18% in p...
2 Nov 2021
It is starting to feel like fall. After October, which had widespread temperature departures of four to six degrees Fahrenheit above normal east of the Rockies, November has quickly reminded us which season we are in. A strong cold front moved into the Plains and Midwest during the Halloween weekend and has continued to slip farther south early thi...
2 Nov 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Producers who plant soybeans early to maximize yield and revenue potential say the reward far outweighs the risk. Joshua Rausch, of Paullina, Iowa, has seen yields increase at least 5 bushels per acre or more since he started planting in April several years ago instead of mid-May. Rausch said he's "lucked out" in the past that...
2 Nov 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Chemical shortages and price spikes are complicating weed control for farmers this fall and next spring. Fortunately, university weed scientists have been working to help farmers create weed control programs that work around shortages of key herbicides such as glyphosate, glufosinate (Liberty) and 2,4-D. We've pulled togethe...
1 Nov 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Agricultural and business groups on Sunday largely stated their support for a deal struck by President Joe Biden's administration and the European Union to dial back tariffs on EU steel and aluminum while also dropping EU's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. goods such as motorcycles and whiskey. While at the G-20 meeting in Rome, the ...