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17 Feb 2021
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (DTN) -- Josh Ruiz invests in technology because there simply isn't more labor to be had, he said. The vice president of agriculture operations for Church Brothers Farms in California's Salinas Valley, the "Salad Bowl of the World," Ruiz said he has 10 employees to do the work of 20. The crew he can hire is stretched thin t...
17 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuels Association on Tuesday sought to drive home the focus on lowering carbon emissions as the way to spur greater ethanol demand with actions by the Biden administration and Congress. Seizing upon President Joe Biden's goal to reduce carbon emissions, Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association,...
16 Feb 2021
By Logan Garcia, Market Reporter - Fertecon, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit The following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers in January and first two weeks of February 2021. AMMONIA Domestic: Following a trend in the second half of 2020, U.S. anhydrous ammonia prices continued to rise in January as suppl...
16 Feb 2021
When you're passionate about businesses, planning a multipurpose shop takes on new dimensions. Just ask Glenn Heinen, who owns and flies aerial application aircraft, and also has a grain farm near Seneca, Kansas. "We had to work the planning backward," he said of his now nearly completed building. In this case, the starting point for planning was a...
16 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once considered to be a crown jewel of environmental stewardship, a glimpse of the promise of a renewable energy future and an economic development tool for the village of Mead, Nebraska, a 25-million-gallon ethanol plant south of town now is driving people away. Wet distillers grains containing pesticides and fungicides applied to f...