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20 Dec 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Prices for three nitrogen fertilizers spiked higher in the second week of December 2018, breaking out of a trend of moderate price increases, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers DTN tracks are higher than last month. UAN28 is 7% higher compared to...
20 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The signs were alarming. The once physically fit employee in his 30s, who was usually prompt and hardworking, began showing up late to work back in 2014 at Midwest Poultry Services (MPS) in Mentone, Indiana. "He came to us and said he's got an (opioid) addiction," said Dan Krouse, the company's genera...
19 Dec 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Food companies, retailers and some major livestock groups have come together to draft a new framework to improve management of antibiotic use in the livestock industry. Food companies and retailers such as Walmart, Tyson Foods, Smithfield Foods, McDonald's, Hormel Foods and Jennie-O-Turkey joined ...
19 Dec 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (DTN) -- The popularity of micronutrients in crop production has risen in recent years as farmers strive to get more out of every acre. While an increasing amount of micronutrients have been applied in recent years, more could be used to assure crops maximize their nutrient needs, according to an i...
19 Dec 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- They were found dead in front yards and in cars on the streets of rural Jackson County, West Virginia. Between 2006 and 2008, 16 people -- age 26 and younger -- overdosed on prescription painkillers. The county of 29,000 people north of Charleston saw a side of itself many people didn't know existed. ...