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12 Nov 2019
By Lance WoodburyDTN Farm Business Adviser The act of passing your business to the next generation is difficult for several reasons. Succession requires actively seeking what will be necessary for future success, while simultaneously acting in ways that reduce your own daily business responsibilities. Another reason is that your identity, or who yo...
12 Nov 2019
By Karl Stenerson Market Reporter - Fertecon and Logan Garcia Market Reporter - Fertecon Agribusiness Intelligence, IHS Markit The following is a breakdown of wholesale prices and trends of the various fertilizers in the month of September. AMMONIA International: Global ammonia prices edged slightly higher in early October on continued tightened su...
12 Nov 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Many Midwest farmers faced a late-planting season with the added headache of poor summer growing weather, excessive rainfall and in some states early snowfall stalling harvest. However, things got worse at harvest, which has been moving almost at a snail's pace. This presented a new headache for many, with pro...
11 Nov 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Seven Midwest senators and Iowa's governor, all Republicans, are pushing back on EPA's supplemental plan for the Renewable Fuel Standard, stating in comments that EPA's latest plan continues to kowtow to petroleum industry profits. EPA is in the middle of a comment period for a plan that would add...
11 Nov 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Extremely wet weather didn't wash away worries for soybean cyst nematode (SCN). In fact, flood waters may have moved the pest to new areas, according to Greg Tylka, Iowa State University nematologist and one of The SCN Coalition leaders. "That's one reason we're re...