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10 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices skyrocketed higher in the first week of February, according to prices tracked by DTN. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers' prices were higher, but this time, they're all up a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more. In my 12 years of writing this column, this might be the first time ...
9 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The last thing the world needs right now is another virus. But U.S. hog producers are facing another health challenge to their herds in the form of a familiar yet slightly different foe. The most recent strain (1-4-4) of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus is nothing producers have not seen before with PRRS...
9 Feb 2021
Economics and market fundamentals may prompt some farmers to abandon traditional crop rotation in favor of more soybeans this spring. Growing continuous soybeans can be risky. Disease and insect concerns and yield drag, among other reasons, are often a deterrent. A study published in 2017 in the Agronomy Journal indicated a 10.3% yield drag, on ave...
9 Feb 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Starting with the upcoming 2021 crop season, farmers need to make their farm-bill safety net program elections on an annual basis. University of Illinois economists say it doesn't look like the Agriculture Risk Coverage program or the Price Loss Coverage program will make payments for the next crop season based on current...
9 Feb 2021
By DTN Staff This article was originally posted at 11:00 a.m. CDT. It was updated at 11:17 a.m. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA on Tuesday lowered ending stocks for corn and soybean with boosts in export sales for both crops. U.S. corn ending stocks for the 2020-21 crop were pegged at 1.502 billion bushels (bb), down 50 million bushels (mb) from last month'...