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17 Aug 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- With the approach of another fall, farmers across mid-America are scraping the bottoms of their grain bins, making way for another new crop. That's the way it is for DTN View From the Cab farmers Brent and Lisa Judisch of Cedar Falls, Iowa, as they move their 2016 corn to town. Brent...
17 Aug 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all but one of the eight major fertilizers were lower the second week of August 2017 compared to a month earlier, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. The average price of 10-34-0 was $440 per ton the second week of August, up 2% from $431 the second week of Jul...
17 Aug 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Have you ever wondered why one patch of soybeans dies from Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), while 6 feet away, another patch thrives? The answer may be smaller than you thought -- microscopic, even. In a new study focused on SDS, Southern Illinois University plant pathologist Ahmad Fakhoury...
16 Aug 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) officially announced on Aug. 4 that members voted to ratify a three-year extension of its master labor contract. The contract extension between the ILWU and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) representing port terminals and carrier employers is expected to provi...
16 Aug 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Reflecting the division that will remain in the NAFTA talks over dairy, National Milk Producers Federation President Jim Mulhern on Monday criticized Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland's speech earlier in the day. Mulhern declared that Freeland wanted to have the tra...