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28 Jul 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Given the recent scandal of Brazilian bribery, extreme cattle feeding profits, and undeniable fact that my basement is stacked high with Amazon cardboard, maybe it would be best to start out with a strictly worded disclaimer. I have a feeling we would both breathe easier: "Nothing suggested in the following ...
28 Jul 2017
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PLATTSBURG, Mo. (DTN) -- The guessing game is over. After a couple of months of industry speculation about who would buy Precision Planting, AGCO answered the questions this week with the announcement that it would be the new owner of the multi-faceted planting technology company. Details of the propos...
28 Jul 2017
By Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporter and Mary Kennedy DTN Cash Grains Analyst ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The 2017 Hard Spring Wheat and Durum Tour ended with a total weighted average yield of 38.4 bushels per acre, down from 45.5 bpa last year. That marks the tour's lowest total wheat yield since 2008, a sign of the intense drought conditions plagui...
27 Jul 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- A total of 17 witnesses from farm, commodity, crop insurance and credit groups largely agreed on the agenda for the next farm bill at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing Tuesday, but there were differences over conservation compliance requirements for crop insurance eligibility and...
27 Jul 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third week in a row, average retail fertilizer prices continued to decrease the third week of July 2017. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers had lower prices compared to a month earlier. Only three fertilizers had significant price drops. With the sidedressing season pretty much comp...