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4 Dec 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue mostly lower, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the fourth week of November 2019. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price from a month earlier, although once again none were noticeably lower. DAP had an average price of $456/ton, MAP $465/ton,...
4 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With a proposed rule to account for small-refinery exemptions in the Renewable Fuel Standard now in the EPA's hands, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told agriculture journalists on Tuesday he's hopeful the agency will improve the proposal. A public comment period for the supplemental rule closed on Nov...
4 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- With a little more than two weeks left before Congress adjourns for the holidays, supporters of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement know time is slipping away fast, and the trade deal could land right in the middle of presidential politics. Talks continue in Washington over what it will take for Hous...
3 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The U.S. Cattlemen's Association is asking the U.S. treasury secretary to conduct a review of Brazil's Marfrig Global Foods increasing its stake in Kansas City, Missouri-based National Beef Packing. Marfrig announced in mid-November the company would buy the remaining 31% of National Beef, the fo...
3 Dec 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Normally, I would have written a soybean harvest story in late October. This year, however, soybean harvest was very late for many and, in fact, is still not 100% finished. The most recent USDA Crop Progress report showed that soybean harvest nationwide was 94% completed as of Nov. 25. The states where soybean...