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18 Mar 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be mixed which has been the trend in several months now, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of March 2020. Five fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month but none were down a sizeable amount. DAP had an average price of $407/ton, MAP $432/ton, potash $370/ton, anh...
17 Mar 2020
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst When many consumers pay a visit to their local grocery stores, they will likely be staring at aisles of empty shelves. In some areas, it has gone from empty aisles of toilet paper, hand sanitizer, water and cleaning supplies to now empty shelves at some stores of eggs, meat, pasta, rice, flour, butter, milk, a...
17 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- While most of corporate America is practicing social distancing and working from home, the cattle industry and other food industries are focusing on keeping thousands of people at meatpacking plants continuing to produce food. Cattle prices have fallen, and at least one cattlemen's group has call...
17 Mar 2020
By Jim Ruen Progressive Farmer Contributor Marlin Fay has a simple descriptor for white mold. "It's ugly!" The Grand Meadow, Minnesota, farmer has been fighting the fungi for the past six years. Disease pressure has been significantly worse the past four years, especially on long-manured fields. One tree-lined field has become such a challenge that...
16 Mar 2020
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The metaphoric "black swan" known as the coronavirus has swooped in and quickly put a hold on daily American life and routines and continued pummeling both commodity and stock markets on Thursday. Soybeans hit a new nine-month low in the May contract with a 13 1/4 cent drop to land at $8.59. Novem...