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19 Oct 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Half of average retail fertilizer prices were higher and half were lower the second week of October 2017 compared to one month earlier, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. Four of the eight major fertilizers were higher compared to last month, although only one was up significantly. Urea...
19 Oct 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The United States has formally put forward proposals to make changes to Canada's dairy supply management system and to make it easier for U.S. fruit and vegetable producers to file trade cases due to seasonal Mexican imports that they believe are damaging their industry, U.S. Trade Re...
18 Oct 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- As the autumn sun slides slowly toward the south, View From the Cab 2017 Farmers Brent and Lisa Judisch of Cedar Falls, Iowa, rely on a steady mix of helpers to bring in their family farm crops. That's because many hands make light work. Brent and Lisa work hard in northeastern Iowa,...
18 Oct 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst By now, you have heard USDA lowered its estimate of U.S. ending soybeans stocks from 475 million bushels to 430 mb for 2017-18 in Thursday's WASDE report and watched November soybeans jump up 28 cents last week to its highest close in over two months. It is an understatement to say crop prices don't normally make new hig...
18 Oct 2017
By Lin TanDTN China Correspondent MATO GROSSO, Brazil (DTN) -- Though many areas still lack rain, Brazilian farmers are rolling their planters after they received scattered rainfall. They are now waiting for more rain to come. "I had finished half of my soybean planting and (am) waiting for more rain," said Ricardo Arioli Silva, who farms at Campo...