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23 Aug 2024
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Mary Kennedy, DTN Basis Analyst MINNEAPOLIS and OMAHA (DTN) -- The union representing thousands of Canadian railroad workers on Friday pressed for a strike starting as early as Monday after initially agreeing to the federal government's demands to end a work stoppage with the country's two largest freight...
22 Aug 2024
By Chris Clayton, DTN Ag Policy Editor, and Mary Kennedy, DTN Basis Analyst This article was originally posted at 7:18 a.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22. It was last updated with new information at 5:37 p.m. CDT on Thursday, Aug. 22. ** MINNEAPOLIS and OMAHA (DTN) -- Canadian Labour Minister Steve MacKinnon announced late Thursday afternoon that the go...
21 Aug 2024
Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent CHICAGO (DTN) -- A large crowd of rural delegates and activists showed up at the Democratic National Convention Rural Council meeting to express enthusiasm for the ticket of Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and to get campaign lessons from successful and unsuccessful Democratic candidates f...
21 Aug 2024
Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were down again from last month during the second full week of August 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This marks the fourth week in a row that prices for all fertilizers have been lower but not by a significant amount. DTN designates a sig...
21 Aug 2024
By Cassandra Stephenson, Tennessee Lookout; Illan Ireland, Mississippi Free Press; and Phillip Powell, Arkansas Times A smorgasbord of bright red tomatoes and vibrant vegetables lines the walls of Michael Katrutsa's produce shop in rural Camden, Tennessee. What began a decade ago as a roadside farm stand has evolved into an air-conditioned outbuild...