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7 Sep 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Wear and tear of tractor and truck tires and large, specialized farm equipment is associated with raising and bringing in a crop. That's why DTN View From the Cab farmers Brent and Lisa Judisch of Cedar Falls, Iowa, have been working on their equipment ahead of harvest. Eighteen-whee...
7 Sep 2017
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- A broader debate on ag labor and immigration could come from President Donald Trump's decision to end federal protection for roughly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants granted temporary immunity from deportation by former President Barack Obama. The move by the White House puts the onus on Con...
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...