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20 May 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This spring is delivering a grim message to many farmers this year. "It seems like both the weather and the markets are telling us not to plant any of the big three cash crops this year," said Dan Petker, a farmer from Ontario, Canada. "Personally, if it stops raining today, we'd still be...
17 May 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Eli Andersen loves to sing "The Weather Song." It's a favorite with his preschool class too. However, this year, the four-year-old farm kid says enough is enough. He's ready to drop the "is it rainy" lyrics and concentrate on a more hopeful: "Is it sunny?" Eli's pa...
17 May 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said late Wednesday that a second trade aid package for farmers may total $15 billion to $20 billion, the latter figure $5 billion higher than President Donald Trump has suggested. In a call to reporters from South Korea, Perdue said that the $15 bil...
17 May 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The European Union Commission has canceled an ethanol anti-dumping duty against imports from the United States in place since 2013, essentially reopening a market that collapsed. The commission made the announcement on May 14, after launching a review of the duty on Feb. 20, 2018. The commission conc...
16 May 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of May 2019 continue to be varied. Half of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month while the other half were slightly higher. The move lower has been fairly small, which has been the case in recent weeks. DAP had ...