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18 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to climb sharply higher the second week of February 2021, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. For the second week in a row, all eight of the major fertilizers' prices were higher by a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more. DAP and urea led the way higher. Both fertilizers were a...
18 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Leaders from some major commodity groups on Wednesday said farmers would see negative impacts if Mosaic Co. wins a decision to have the federal government place countervailing duties on phosphate fertilizer coming from Morocco and Russia. The presidents of the corn, cotton and soybean groups called on the U.S. International Trade Com...
17 Feb 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Farmers largely missed out on the first round of Paycheck Protection Program loans, but a change in how calculations are made for farmers could result in more substantial payments. The first round tabulated payments based on farmers' net income, which is income after deductions and expenses. This number is often low or ne...
17 Feb 2021
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (DTN) -- Josh Ruiz invests in technology because there simply isn't more labor to be had, he said. The vice president of agriculture operations for Church Brothers Farms in California's Salinas Valley, the "Salad Bowl of the World," Ruiz said he has 10 employees to do the work of 20. The crew he can hire is stretched thin t...
17 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The Renewable Fuels Association on Tuesday sought to drive home the focus on lowering carbon emissions as the way to spur greater ethanol demand with actions by the Biden administration and Congress. Seizing upon President Joe Biden's goal to reduce carbon emissions, Geoff Cooper, president and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association,...