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6 Sep 2017
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief OMAHA (DTN) -- The optimism that farmers and others in rural America appeared to carry from the 2016 presidential election appears to be waning, according to the most recent DTN/The Progressive Farmer Agricultural Confidence Index. The overall producer Confidence Index for August fell more than 26 points, t...
6 Sep 2017
By Karl Stenerson DTN Fertilizer Columnist The following is a breakdown of international and domestic wholesale prices and trends for various fertilizers. AMMONIA International: Early August brought more price stability followed by a recovery in ammonia trade with the Eastern Hemisphere picking up at a faster pace than the west. The market is expec...
6 Sep 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Last week in this space, we talked about how, for the past 20 years, grain prices have shown remarkably high correlations to other commodity prices and what that means for understanding grain markets. It still seems odd that corn prices can have so much in common with other commodities such as copper that are not food, ar...
5 Sep 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- On the final day of the public comment period for the Renewable Fuel Standard, a number of agriculture and biofuel interest groups called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to set the bar higher for cellulosic ethanol. In comments sent to the EPA on Thursday, at least three of those groups ca...
5 Sep 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Southern farmers are dealing with a late-season deluge, as Tropical Depression Harvey moved up through the Delta region this week, soaking corn, soybean, cotton, sorghum and rice fields along the way. Louisiana farmers took the brunt of the rain and crop damage, with rain totals pushing...