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16 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor This article was originally posted at 5:24 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Nov. 14. It was reposted with additional information at 9:50 a.m. CST on Thursday, Nov. 15. ** WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Time is running short for farm bill negotiators to wrap up their work and complete the legislation for floor debates and a final vot...
15 Nov 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of November show the continued trend of higher prices. Anhydrous prices increased 6%, the most significant price move this week. The nitrogen fertilizer had an average price of $517/ton, up $29 per ton from the same time last month. It's $108/t...
15 Nov 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Time is running short for farm bill negotiators to wrap up their work and complete the legislation for floor debates and a final vote this year, the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee said Wednesday. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., told a couple of reporters early Wednesday afternoon tha...
15 Nov 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The inclination is to hunker down when the snow flies. But there will be no time for dallying if field conditions firm up this week at Layman Farms located near Kenton, Ohio. The family still has the bulk of their corn crop and several acres of soybeans left to extrac...
14 Nov 2018
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told reporters Tuesday that Congress should pass the Senate version of the farm bill during the lame duck session, but said it is more likely there will be a one-year extension of the expired 2014 farm bill. In a call to rural reporters, Grassley said of...