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6 Feb 2019
OMAHA (DTN) -- The month of February is important for growers in the key Corn Belt states who purchase revenue-based crop insurance policies. It's when the projected prices for those policies are set. During February, DTN will post a running tally of the December corn, November soybean and September Minneapolis wheat futures averages in Ag News. T...
6 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA is moving forward with implementing the 2018 farm bill even as another government shutdown remains a possibility come Feb. 15, the No. 2 official at USDA said during a Farm Foundation farm bill event in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Coming off a 35-day partial government shutdown in recent weeks,...
6 Feb 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices are once again higher, according to prices tracked by DTN for the last week of January, 2019. This marks the third-consecutive week all eight of the major fertilizers have been higher. While prices are higher compared to last month, none were up a significant amount, which DTN ...
5 Feb 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The full Senate will vote on whether to approve Andrew Wheeler to be the next full-time administrator of the EPA, after the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Tuesday narrowly advanced his nomination 11-10 in a vote along party lines. The vote comes at a time when questions remain about ...
5 Feb 2019
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Kevin Ruyle is, by his own description, the "grinder" on the Kansas farm he runs with his brother-in-law, Thane Buss. "I have to stay busy. If you need someone to work 18 hours, that's me. Is that ADD?" Maybe, but he is an admitted competitor, too. "I love to win. I love to compete," he explains. "I was...