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4 Oct 2017
By Karl Stenerson DTN Fertilizer Columnist Here is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends by the various fertilizers: AMMONIA International ammonia prices continued to firm during September with limited spot opportunities quickly snapped up by buyers and traders at a premium. Availability of spot product in the Black Sea, Baltic, Europe and Alg...
4 Oct 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Sensing a change in support for biofuels from President Donald Trump's administration, a number of biofuel, agriculture and manufacturing groups asked the president to make sure the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not enact two proposed changes to federal policy they say could hurt the indu...
4 Oct 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- DTN View From the Cab farmer Zack Rendel was all ready to start planting canola early last week on his farm outside of Miami, Oklahoma. The weather had other plans. "Mother Nature just told us to stand back," Zack told DTN late Sunday. "Terry (the Rendels' hired man) made a pass aroun...
3 Oct 2017
OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn export inspections were neutral to bearish, soybean inspections were neutral to bullish and wheat inspection numbers were neutral, according to DTN Senior Analyst Darin Newsom. Corn weekly export inspections were 30.8 million bushels (782,346 metric tons) for the week ending Thursday, Sept. 28. The weekly number was below last y...
3 Oct 2017
By Kathy Meyer Progressive Farmer Contributor Grain sorghum producers often lament its inferiority complex to comparable row crops. But, that's about to change. In 2016, industry leaders enthusiastically set in motion an initiative to explore and develop new frontiers for grain sorghum. Dubbed "super sorghum," an ambitious plan for advancing sorgh...