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US Rules on Phosphorus Trade Dispute

12 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Imported phosphorus fertilizer could become more expensive after the U.S. Department of Commerce took a step this week towards putting tariffs on product from Russia and Morocco. The tariffs recommended for imported phosphorus would raise the costs anywhere from 9% to 47%, depending on the supplier, for a market amounting to roughly ...

Kub's Den

11 Feb 2021
When I saw that 2021 is designated as the "Year of the Ox" according to the Chinese zodiac, I thought that seemed very auspicious for a "bullish" sort of year in the commodity markets. However, compared to the image of a snorting, brawling bull, in contrast, every ox I've ever met was a different sort of fellow entirely -- placid, obedient and cont...

More Nasty Nematodes

11 Feb 2021
DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Below ground pests are tough adversaries. Southern soybean farmers are learning first-hand as they face additional nematode threats. Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) was the main parasitic nematode concern for many Southern regions until the 1980s and it remains the primary yield worry for soybean states in the Midwest and farther...

DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends

10 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices skyrocketed higher in the first week of February, according to prices tracked by DTN. Once again, all eight of the major fertilizers' prices were higher, but this time, they're all up a significant amount, which DTN designates as 5% or more. In my 12 years of writing this column, this might be the first time ...

New PRRS Strain Kills Sows, Piglets

9 Feb 2021
OMAHA (DTN) -- The last thing the world needs right now is another virus. But U.S. hog producers are facing another health challenge to their herds in the form of a familiar yet slightly different foe. The most recent strain (1-4-4) of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus is nothing producers have not seen before with PRRS...
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