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21 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Production of the insecticide Lorsban is ending, but its active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, is likely to remain on the agricultural landscape in the years to come. Corteva Agriscience took the industry by surprise when it announced in early February that it was voluntarily ending productio...
21 Feb 2020
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Margins continue to be negative at DTN's hypothetical Neeley Biofuels 50-million-gallon ethanol plant and have dropped slightly since our January update. Though the plant is paying less for corn, a drop in the price received for its ethanol has fallen. On Wednesday, the plant reported a net loss of 31...
20 Feb 2020
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Production of the insecticide Lorsban is ending, but its active ingredient, chlorpyrifos, is likely to remain on the agricultural landscape in the years to come. Corteva Agriscience took the industry by surprise when it announced in early February that it was voluntarily ending productio...
20 Feb 2020
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The prices of most retail fertilizers remain lower than at the same time last month, although three prices saw small upticks, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of February 2020. Only one fertilizer had a noteworthy price decline, which DTN considers a move of 5% or more. The averag...
20 Feb 2020
By ShayLe StewartDTN Livestock Analyst The famous quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower, "Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the corn field," has been weighing heavy on my heart the last couple of weeks. Whether you're a farmer or a rancher, there's no one who couldn't relate to that statement. Theoretic...