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28 Sep 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of September 2022 continue to show varied prices. Five of the eight major fertilizers are lower in price compared to a month ago, while the remaining three are higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything 5% or more, and no fertilizers were considerably lower or high...
27 Sep 2022
LINCOLN, Neb. (DTN) -- One of two remaining so-called "ag-gag" laws in effect in Iowa was struck down by a federal court on Monday, as a federal judge ruled the law violated freedom of speech. The U.S. District Court for the District of Southern Iowa granted summary judgment to environmental groups that argued the 2021 law was unconstitutional. The...
27 Sep 2022
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (DTN) -- U.S. farmers right now are in a good economic position. However, macro-economic challenges remain while the war in Ukraine has further wrecked supply chains and put increasing expectations on U.S. farmers to increase production of crops such as wheat. That's a high-level summary of some of the key points from speakers Mond...
26 Sep 2022
Water levels on the Lower Mississippi River (LMR) are dangerously low in some areas and may slow or even stop barge traffic just as corn and soybean harvest starts. Most of the fall export business is for soybeans at the U.S. Gulf and the persisting low water can be problematic for shippers who need to move the new-crop harvest down river. The USDA...
26 Sep 2022
This article was originally posted at 2:41 p.m. CDT on Friday, Sept. 23. It was last updated with additional information at 10:27 a.m. CDT on Monday, Sept. 26. ** OMAHA (DTN) -- An attempt by the U.S. Department of Justice to block the sale of a large sugar refiner to a competitor failed Friday when a U.S. district judge in Delaware ruled the merge...