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9 Dec 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Looking to get more out of each pound of fertilizer you use? There's a growing industry eager to meet that need, with companies each year marketing more soil or plant additives to farmers. Some are biologicals, some are synthetics and all aim to boost a crop's ability to unlock and uptake more nutrients from the soil. It's ...
9 Dec 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- As Congress tries to clear off some legislation before wrapping up the year, the House on Wednesday passed four bills the House Agriculture Committee had urged the full House to approve, including overwhelming support for an extension of the Livestock Mandatory (Price) Reporting Act and the creation of a library of cattle contra...
9 Dec 2021
CHICAGO (DTN) -- Companies continue looking for ways to refine their carbon programs as more ways to bring farmers into their programs and other companies jump into the market nearly every week it seems. At the DTN Ag Summit this week in Chicago, representatives from Bayer, Indigo, Winfield United and Yara/Agoro each highlighted how their respectiv...
8 Dec 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to rise at a good clip the first partial week of December 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Once again, the nitrogen fertilizers maintained their spot as the clear leaders. Five of the eight major fertilizers recorded a sizable move higher compared to last month. DTN desi...
8 Dec 2021
CHICAGO (DTN) -- Tractors depreciate. Or, tractors did depreciate, reliably, at 10% a year for row-crop tractors. It's not a constant, as blips in the market, usually spurred by strong on-farm income, can break the 10% depreciation cycle. But 2021 has proven to be more than just a blip. Kyle McMahon, founder and CEO of Tractor Zoom (www.tractorzoom...