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11 May 2020
By Logan GarciaMarket Reporter - FerteconAgribusiness Intelligence, IHS MarkitThe following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers in the month of March and into the first two weeks of April.AMMONIADomestic:Spring arrived in full force across the Corn Belt in April and extended periods of favorable ammonia applicat...
11 May 2020
GLENWOOD, Iowa (DTN) -- Minnesota hog farmer Chad Lubben, 27, is offering hogs for sale on Facebook and Craigslist, and he is getting takers from all over the country.Lubben told DTN he thinks he could sell 150 hogs by the end of the weekend at $80 a head. Farmers and small processors are bringing in trailers from Wisconsin, Washington state and Ne...
11 May 2020
In a year dominated by coronavirus concerns, it has been difficult to find a grain price with much bullish potential. One of the first things I look for when prices turn cheap is a bullish response from commercial traders.Unlike the typical speculator, commercials recognize value and have enough insight about demand to know a bargain when they see ...
8 May 2020
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Reid Thompson isn't surprised to get skeptical looks when others learn he left an off-farm job to return home to farm full-time in 2019. The challenges agriculture has encountered make the security of a steady paycheck seem safer, if not downright enticing.Still, the Colfax, Illinois, farmer is holding tight to the conviction...
8 May 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit against Smithfield Foods Inc. that alleged the company was not properly protecting workers from COVID-19 at a Milan, Missouri, packing plant.In April, the Public Justice Food Project filed a lawsuit on behalf of plant workers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Western Missour...