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5 Dec 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The ugly trifecta of 2019 -- late planting, high-moisture corn and plentiful rain and snow -- has left many farmers facing unharvested cornfields into December and possibly beyond. Of all the agronomic sins this year has forced onto the landscape, cornfields left standing deep into the w...
5 Dec 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Farmers have had a hard time in 2019. From late, wet and sometimes outright-prevented planting in the spring, to the late, wet harvest and profit-eroding drying expenses this fall, their struggles have been well-covered. Approximately 9 million acres of corn is still needed to be harvested at the start of Decem...
4 Dec 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue mostly lower, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the fourth week of November 2019. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price from a month earlier, although once again none were noticeably lower. DAP had an average price of $456/ton, MAP $465/ton,...
4 Dec 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- With a proposed rule to account for small-refinery exemptions in the Renewable Fuel Standard now in the EPA's hands, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told agriculture journalists on Tuesday he's hopeful the agency will improve the proposal. A public comment period for the supplemental rule closed on Nov...
4 Dec 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- With a little more than two weeks left before Congress adjourns for the holidays, supporters of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement know time is slipping away fast, and the trade deal could land right in the middle of presidential politics. Talks continue in Washington over what it will take for Hous...