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23 Feb 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ARLINGTON, Va. (DTN) -- A lower U.S. dollar value could boost agriculture exports, but the long-term outlook offers no real light at the end of the tunnel for the struggling farm economy, USDA's chief economist said on Thursday. The USDA Agricultural Outlook Forum, held just outside Washington, D.C., is the firs...
22 Feb 2018
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...
22 Feb 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to inch higher the second week of February 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. After several weeks of one fertilizer -- potash -- being slightly lower, prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier, though none were u...
22 Feb 2018
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor The Holy Grail of weed control would be a fast system that kills invasive plants, does no harm to crops, and uses a minimum of herbicide. The See & Spray system from Blue River Technology -- while still in a testing phase -- might be as close to that ideal as anything we have seen so far. See & S...
21 Feb 2018
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst The previous two Todd's Takes, "Soybeans Remarkably Defiant" and "Soybean Meal Breaks New Highs" should have covered the soy topic fairly well for now, and I apologize for taking it on once again, but darn it, the perplexing riddle took another interesting twist this week and deserves a closer look. The fundamental narr...