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16 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices for the first full week of June 2021 are marginally higher. This marks the fourth straight week of slightly higher fertilizer prices. As has been the case in recent weeks, no fertilizers were significantly higher, which DTN designates as 5% or more. DAP prices increased 4% to $656/ton compared to the prior mo...
16 Jun 2021
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Questions about the meat industry dominated a Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Tuesday at which Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared in person to discuss the Biden administration's budget request for fiscal year 2022. In an opening statement, Vilsack said, "The president's budget for 2022 for USDA pro...
16 Jun 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The worsening Northern Plains drought is having a devastating effect on cow-calf producers as very little forage is now available because of the parched conditions. In response, producers in parts of Montana and North Dakota have already begun culling cows. Longer term, the drought could also have a negative effect on the supply of a...
15 Jun 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- The number of farms and ranches paying more in taxes would be dramatically higher if proposed tax code changes affecting agriculture become reality, a new study from Texas A&M's Agricultural and Food Policy Center found. Proposed changes to stepped-up basis and other tax provisions from the Biden administration and Democratic...
15 Jun 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Fashions come and go, but really, stripes have never suited corn plants well. Those unattractive yellow-white streaks on a corn leaf are seldom good news. At their worst, they signal herbicide injury or more commonly, a nutrient deficiency. At their best, they are a sign of a benign genetic response. Since Scott Wallis's fav...