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14 Jan 2019
By Todd HultmanDTN Lead Analyst In case you've been away from the news lately, there will be no USDA reports of Dec. 1 Grain Stocks, World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), Winter Wheat and Canola Seedings, Rice Stocks or Cotton Ginnings on Friday, Jan. 11. USDA's ability to put out information has been squelched by the powers that ...
14 Jan 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Kim Summers was not a fan of the weather this past growing season. Summers, along with her husband, Mark Brunk, grows and sells forage near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. They saw the near-constant rains severely limit the amount of hay they could produce. "We had over 70 inches of precipitation in 2018,"...
11 Jan 2019
By Karl Stenerson Market Reporter - Fertecon Informa Agribusiness Intelligence Here is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers. AMMONIA International: Global ammonia prices continued to weaken in December. Yara and Mosaic settled the January price for Tampa, Florida, at $285 per metric ton (mt) CFR (cost and freight), ...
11 Jan 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Ten Republicans joined House Democrats on Thursday to pass a fiscal year 2019 Agriculture appropriations bill. The legislation is not supported by Senate and House Republican leaders or by President Donald Trump, but is part of a Democratic effort to pressure Republicans into ending t...
11 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEW ORLEANS (DTN) -- Delegates for the American Farm Bureau Federation added provisions to the group's policy book on Tuesday opposing lab-grown and plant-based proteins using most terms associated with traditional meat products. In a voice vote, Farm Bureau added policy opposing the use of the term "meat" for ...