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6 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices are pushing considerably higher once again, according to prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of September 2021. Five of the eight major fertilizers saw significant price increases, which DTN designates as 5% or higher, compared to last month. Leading the way was potash, which was 13% higher compared to ...
6 Oct 2021
Editor's Note: For the past two weeks, and continuing this week, DTN/Progressive Farmer is posting a special series called Cybersecurity and Ag to examine the threat cyberattackers pose to agriculture and explore what farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses can do to protect themselves against these high-tech criminals. This is the seventh story in th...
6 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers in counties that saw significant yield losses last year for their 2020-21 corn and soybean crops will see payments under the Agricultural Risk Coverage-County program this month. Payments go out in October from the Farm Service Agency for ARC-County and Price Loss Coverage, as well as the 3.8% or so of acres that are enrolled...
5 Oct 2021
For the fiscal year 2021, the Congressional Budget Office projects tax revenue collected from corporations at $238 billion. To put that into perspective, corporations account for just 6% of all tax collections. Because corporate tax is such a low-hanging fruit, the budget reconciliation bill still being debated in Congress makes changes to the curr...
5 Oct 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- While China has moved aggressively to meet its agricultural import goals under former President Donald Trump's phase-one trade agreement, the current U.S. trade ambassador on Monday said the Biden administration will demand China seek more meaningful reforms in a new round of trade talks. U.S. Trade Ambassador Katherine Tai on Monday...