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19 Mar 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter PERU, Neb. (DTN) -- Farmer Brett Adams watches and studies the Missouri River near his farm here. It has become an obsession. Gaping holes remain in levee R562 in this southeastern tip of Nebraska. Generations had passed without the structure ever yielding to the river. Then, one year ago this week, the "bomb cyclon...
18 Mar 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter TEKAMAH, NE (DTN) -- Quentin Connealy is enjoying the uneventful weather of late winter. The Tekamah, Nebraska, farmer saw the nearby Missouri River flood his fields not once last growing season, but three different times, beginning with the bomb cyclone that hit on March 13, 2019. "This year, so far, has been a 180-...
18 Mar 2020
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist Planting season for many is right around the corner, if it hasn't already started. Meanwhile, the country is dealing with unprecedented times where schools, restaurants and businesses are closed to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and we are encouraged to keep social gatherings to no more than 10 people. As farm...
18 Mar 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mixed which has been the trend in several months now, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of March 2020. Five fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month but none were down a sizeable amount. DAP had an average price of $407/ton, MAP $432/ton, potash $370/ton, anh...
17 Mar 2020
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst When many consumers pay a visit to their local grocery stores, they will likely be staring at aisles of empty shelves. In some areas, it has gone from empty aisles of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, water and cleaning supplies to now empty shelves at some stores of eggs, meat, pasta, rice, flour, butter, milk, a...