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24 Dec 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter SAVANNAH, Ga. (DTN) -- Global phosphorus (P) fertilizer demand is expected to grow in the coming years, but the market should remain fairly well balanced during that time. Demand increases sparked by increasing usage in various countries, but specifically African countries. Mehdi Meliani, director of Strategy and Cor...
23 Dec 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Various factors, such as lower energy costs and less demand due to weather issues, came together in 2019 to push world nitrogen prices lower. The outlook for 2020 and beyond is for a balancing supply and demand situation, which would support the global market, according to an analyst. Yao Yao, a market...
23 Dec 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst "So the last shall be first, and the first last: For many be called, but few chosen." Matthew 20:16, KJV. Forgive me for putting sacred words in a space where we talk about earthly things like corn and hog prices. I am pretty sure the writer wasn't referring to anything as profane as commodity markets at the time, bu...
23 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Most agricultural groups offered strong praise after the House overwhelmingly passed the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement on Thursday, but some groups, especially ardent defenders of country-of-origin labeling, maintain Congress is abandoning their cause. Commodity groups largely see benefits in ...
20 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After three world records, some folks might retire. Not David Hula. With his irrigated corn yield of 616.20 bushels per acre (bpa), the Charles City, Virginia, farmer won the National Corn Growers Association's 2019 National Corn Yield Contest, but also set his fourth world record for th...