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18 Dec 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to be lower, according to prices tracked by DTN for the second week of December 2019, continuing a trend that's been in place for several months. All eight of the major fertilizers were lower in price from the month earlier, but none were statistically notable. DTN de...
18 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A multi-year extension of the Biodiesel Tax Credit was among the major provisions for agriculture in a massive federal spending bill that will fund the government through the end of September. The House voted 297-120 on Tuesday to clear the $1.4 trillion bill that funds most major federal ag...
18 Dec 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Mike Jackson walks into a building housing a 16-row Kinze planter. He wants to tell a story, he says, about the "doubling effect" of agriculture. Instead, as he lays his hand on the nearest closing wheel, he unwinds a tale about Jacksons who have farmed outside Oskaloosa, Iowa, for a century. "My great-...
17 Dec 2019
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn inspections remained neutral to bearish, soybean inspections were neutral to bullish and wheat inspections were bearish in the latest USDA Export Inspections report, according to DTN Lead Analyst Todd Hultman. Corn inspections totaled 27.0 million bushels (mb) for the week ended Thursday, Dec. 12, below the 41.9 mb ...
17 Dec 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- The domestic distillers dried grains (DDG) weekly average spot price from the 40 locations DTN contacted was up $1 at $145 per ton for the week ended Dec. 12. Prices remained firm in spite of a cheaper cash corn price this past week. A merchandiser told DTN there are a few areas running short on...