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12 May 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to push higher the first week of May 2021, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Like last week, all eight of the major fertilizers were higher compared to a month earlier. Unlike recent weeks, a couple fertilizers were significantly higher, which DTN designates as 5% or more. Both UAN28 and UAN32 w...
12 May 2021
ANKENY, Iowa (DTN) -- Construction is underway on a $270 million soybean processing facility near Shell Rock, Iowa, slated to open in late 2022. For Rick Juchems and other area farmers, the plant can't open fast enough. Mid-Iowa Cooperative based in Beaman, Iowa, in partnership with local and national investors, is building Shell Rock Soy Processin...
12 May 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Northwest Indiana farmer Ann Parks is betting on a combination of delayed planting from cooler weather and a new supply of fuel that arrived Monday to get through planting season despite growing supply concerns tied to the closure of the Colonial Pipeline last Friday. "We make attempts to secure tanker deliveries in any signi...
11 May 2021
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- Northwest Indiana farmer Ann Parks is betting on a combination of delayed planting from cooler weather and a new supply of fuel that arrived Monday to get through planting season despite growing supply concerns tied to the closure of the Colonial Pipeline last Friday. "We make attempts to secure tanker deliveries in any signi...
11 May 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The World Food Prize Foundation on Tuesday named a 2021 laureate, recognizing the work of Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, an Asian scientist who has focused her career on improving the nutrient value of fish-based foods in Asia and Africa. The World Food Prize Foundation, based in Des Moines, Iowa, annually names a laureate, which co...