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14 Dec 2020
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 November. AMMONIA Domestic: Illinois terminal movement slowed midway through the month due to rain, but before that the season in the Corn Belt state was said to have seen strong ...
14 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- If the Dakota Access pipeline is closed down, agriculture economies in the Midwest could find it difficult and more expensive to ship grain, 14 states allege in a brief filed with a federal court ahead of Jan. 8, 2021, deadline for briefs related to a proposed injunction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit...
14 Dec 2020
Harvest is rolling, and Aimee Bissell has settled into her autumn routine. First thing in the morning, she climbs into a combine and heads to the hilly fields in southwest Iowa to cut corn. She works in tandem with her husband in the second combine while her father-in-law and employees shuttle grain carts and semis. Her lunch is on-the-go in the co...
11 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite criticism from Black leaders and progressives, President-elect Joe Biden announced Thursday that his administration will nominate Tom Vilsack to return to USDA as Agriculture secretary. Biden's transition team announced multiple cabinet posts on Thursday, including naming Katherine Tai as nominee for U.S. Trade ambassador and...
11 Dec 2020
OMAHA (DTN) -- While livestock producers might be seeing tight margins and packer profits remain strong, USDA on Thursday issued a final rule in a long-standing political fight over how to define unfair practices under the Packers and Stockyards Act. The battle over defining "undue or unreasonable preferences" for meatpackers goes back a dozen year...