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25 Jan 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A number of farm groups joined a larger business effort to urge the Trump administration to end the tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the 45 industry groups said that companie...
25 Jan 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C., (DTN) -- As the partial federal shutdown continues, more issues are being raised about topics such as commodity trades, food aid and local farmer committees. The partial shutdown entered its 35th day on Friday with no resolution in sight after competing bills failed in the U.S. Senate o...
24 Jan 2019
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A number of farm groups joined a larger business effort to urge the Trump administration to end the tariffs on steel and aluminum from Mexico and Canada. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, the 45 industry groups said that companie...
24 Jan 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As difficult as 2018 was for the ethanol industry in the United States, the biodiesel sector turned in one of its best years as companies improved their balance sheets despite operating without the biodiesel blenders credit, according to a new analysis by biofuels mergers and acquisitions specialist O...
24 Jan 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Fertilizer prices have been trending higher for several months now, and that trend continued this week with prices of all eight major fertilizers moving higher, according to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of Jan. 2019. While all fertilizers were higher compared to last mon...