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25 Jan 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The 2017-18 growing season in South America has not been perfect, but up to now, crop development has been satisfactory. That may change, however, with needed rain in the central Argentina crop belt looking less promising than earlier-season incidents. "Weather forecast models have been co...
25 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue laid out a four-page set of principles for the farm bill Wednesday during a trip to Pennsylvania. The summary of principles are largely broad in scope and would leave much of the nuts and bolts of a farm bill up to Congress. USDA wants a "fiscally responsible" f...
25 Jan 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third week in a row, average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher the third week of January 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Though prices for all fertilizers were higher, the price of only one fertilizer was up by a noteworthy amount. Anhydrous was up 5% compa...
25 Jan 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third week in a row, average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher the third week of January 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Though prices for all fertilizers were higher, the price of only one fertilizer was up by a noteworthy amount. Anhydrous was up 5% compa...
24 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Iowa grain companies have told Sen. Charles Grassley that the Section 199A provisions benefiting cooperatives "would put them out of business if we don't do something" and revise the new tax law. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, told agricultural reporters Tuesday that he had spoken to House Ways an...