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4 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The president of the National Corn Growers Association on Thursday called on the U.S. International Trade Commission to reject a petition for tariffs to be levied on imported 2,4-D from India and China. On March 14, Corteva Agriscience LLC filed a petition calling for antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of the he...
3 Apr 2024
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Ohio becomes the sixth state where dairy cattle have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza, as the Ohio Department of Agriculture reported on Wednesday that it has received a presumptive positive test result. The dairy operation in Wood County received cows on March 8, 2024, from a Texas dairy that later repor...
3 Apr 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retailers tracked by DTN for the fourth week of March 2024 show all eight major fertilizer prices are higher compared to last month. This marks the second time all fertilizers have been higher this winter/early spring. Two fertilizers continue to be up a considerable amount. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more. ...
2 Apr 2024
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- The Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer climbed 3 points in March to 114, largely due to more optimistic expectations for the future. While slightly higher than February's reading, the results remain far below the peaks seen in 2021. Each month, Purdue ag economists survey 400 farmers to discern their attitud...
1 Apr 2024
This article was originally posted at 3:03 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 1. It was last updated with additional information at 3:44 p.m. CDT on Monday, April 1. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- The nation's winter wheat crop is starting the growing season in significantly better shape than it was last year, according to USDA NASS. In its first weekly national Crop Pr...