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31 Jan 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though the number of farms filing Chapter 12 bankruptcy increased in 2019 from the previous year, an American Farm Bureau Federation analysis found the number of filings in the fourth quarter fell from the previous two quarters. The agriculture economy is coming off five years of falling commodity pri...
30 Jan 2020
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist Weather, climate and public safety agencies are going all out to keep flood concerns front and center across the north-central United States ahead of spring 2020. The latest round of publicity was issued over the Jan. 24-25 weekend from the NOAA Central Region Operations Center. The bulletin has a dual f...
30 Jan 2020
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst When the calendar year 2020 started and people across Asia began to anticipate the Lunar New Year celebrations marking the start of a zodiac "year of the rat," there wasn't necessarily any reason to be concerned. Rats are actually seen as signs of wealth and surplus in Chinese culture -- think of the animals as...
30 Jan 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Diamondback moths would do well to be wary of potential mates in the years to come. Scientists recently completed the first successful field testing of a genetically modified (GM) "self-limiting" insect in the U.S., using this species. When the GM male diamondback moths are released and m...
29 Jan 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to shift even lower the third week of January 2020, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the first time in quite some time, multiple fertilizers were significantly lower compared to last month. DTN designates any change over 5% as a significant price move...