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3 Jan 2019
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor HIGGINSVILLE, Mo. (DTN) -- As awful as it was, the Great Depression did teach people to be creative. They found ways to use things they once might have discarded. Scott Rasa said he learned that valuable lesson from his grandfather Paul Tracy: "He would not throw away anything. Even when a tracto...
3 Jan 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices continue to move higher, with nitrogen fertilizers once again leading the way, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the last week of December 2018. For the third week in a row, three fertilizers' prices are significantly higher. Overall, seven of the eight fertilizers tracked by ...
3 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- As USDA remains largely shut down waiting for a budget deal, the lack of number-crunching could start to impede the Jan. 11 slate of crop reports, including the quarterly Grain Stocks, and monthly Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates. President Donald Trump was set t...
2 Jan 2019
By Dana MantiniDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn inspections remained bullish, while soybean and wheat inspections remained bearish in the latest USDA export inspections report, according to DTN Analyst Dana Mantini. Corn weekly export inspections totaled 35.9 million bushels (mb) for the week ended Thursday, Dec. 27, up from 28.6 mb for the same wee...
2 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. We complete our countdown today with the No. 1 story of the year: international trade issues -- including tariffs, tough negotiations and trade aid. ** Agricultural ...