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28 Jul 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Jon Schaben a cattle producer and sale barn owner from Dunlap, Iowa, told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday the disparity between live cattle prices and boxed beef prices is hurting rural America. "Most recently we see live values of cattle in the $1,500 to $1,700 range but the carcass values -- when they're process...
28 Jul 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- The morning dew hangs heavy across Iowa this time of year. When Kellie Blair leaves the house to do chores each morning, the smell of corn pollinating is a heady reminder that the season is rapidly progressing. Now, if she could only catch the smell of rain on the air. The Dayton, Iowa, farmer feels as though she's been hanke...
28 Jul 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices appear to be moving in two different directions the third week of July 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. For the first time since the third week of January 2021, or six full months ago, some retail fertilizer prices were actually lower than the previous month. Both UAN28 and UAN32 are slightly lower...
27 Jul 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Though the national corn crop condition rating was slightly downgraded by USDA in its latest weekly Crop Progress report on Monday, several states turned in very high good-to-excellent ratings. Overall U.S. corn condition was rated 64% good to excellent, down 1 percentage point from 65% the previous week and down 8 percentage...
27 Jul 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The House Agriculture Committee on Tuesday advanced a bill to provide as much as $8.5 billion in supplemental disaster aid for farmers and ranchers who faced disaster both in 2020 and 2021. The bill, passed unanimously by voice vote, will expand coverage of losses under USDA's Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program-Plus (WHIP-Plus) and...