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16 Feb 2021
By Logan Garcia, Market Reporter - Fertecon, Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit The following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers in January and first two weeks of February 2021. AMMONIA Domestic: Following a trend in the second half of 2020, U.S. anhydrous ammonia prices continued to rise in January as suppl...
16 Feb 2021
When you're passionate about businesses, planning a multipurpose shop takes on new dimensions. Just ask Glenn Heinen, who owns and flies aerial application aircraft, and also has a grain farm near Seneca, Kansas. "We had to work the planning backward," he said of his now nearly completed building. In this case, the starting point for planning was a...
16 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Once considered to be a crown jewel of environmental stewardship, a glimpse of the promise of a renewable energy future and an economic development tool for the village of Mead, Nebraska, a 25-million-gallon ethanol plant south of town now is driving people away. Wet distillers grains containing pesticides and fungicides applied to f...
12 Feb 2021
MT. JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Federal Reserve system banks -- covering a swath of the country stretching from Montana to Indiana -- report strengthening land values and improving credit conditions, although the Kansas City and Chicago branches both mentioned regions that rely more heavily on cattle production aren't seeing the same boom that's occurri...
12 Feb 2021
ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- EPA's oversight of state Section 24(c) labels is poorly managed, risky to the public and environment and needs an overhaul, the agency's Inspector General said in a report issued Wednesday. The report could have implications for farmers, pesticide applicators and state regulators, who often rely on these types of pesticide l...