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31 Aug 2015
By Ken JohnsonDTN Fertilizer Columnist AMMONIA World ammonia prices were flat through August with Yuzhnyy quoted at $380 to $395 per metric ton fob (free on board -- the buyer pays for transportation of the goods). (All prices in this column are wholesale.) In mid- and late-August, a number of plant turnarounds were announced in both FSU and Middle...
28 Aug 2015
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- In the Dakotas, managers at one farm operation have rehearsed how to break the news to landlords they plan to terminate their least-profitable rental properties this fall. In central Ohio, another 5,000-plus-acre operator has eyed his bottom 10% leases for possible culls. Farms ...
28 Aug 2015
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Driving around parts of the Corn Belt the last two weeks, I have seen fields of corn going into their end game. Many of them seem to be aging a bit prematurely -- taking on a light yellow appearance, which indicates senescence is probably just around the corner. My guess is it's also denting prematurely af...
28 Aug 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Although the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin enforcing the waters of the United States rule Friday in all but 13 states, a legal counsel for the American Farm Bureau Federation said she believes an injunction handed down by a federal judge in North Dakota Thursday means the EPA cannot ...
27 Aug 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Obama administration plans to implement the Clean Water Rule, also known as the waters of the United States rule, on Friday as scheduled, despite calls and court filings attempting to delay, an Environmental Protection Agency spokeswoman has told DTN. "The rule is still effective ...