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25 Jul 2022
A weeklong strike at the Port of Oakland has crippled operations and, according to CNBC, some vessels were either pulling up anchor to go to another port or skipping the Port of Oakland altogether. The strike was also preventing trucks from moving cargo in and out of the port, which is the West Coast's third-busiest container port. On July 19, appr...
25 Jul 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Midwestern drought and its devastating effects are spreading. Each week, states such as Nebraska and Missouri are seeing more counties affected by dry weather. The drought means more bad news for cow-calf producers, who already have seen higher feed prices. With less forage available for grazing, cattle producers will be searching fo...
22 Jul 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- While young and beginning farmers already have a lot thrown at them every day with their crops, livestock, weather, machinery and the markets, they also need to pay close attention to federal taxes. Groaning about it doesn't make it go away. USDA recently hosted an educational webinar to provide new farmers with a few pro tips about ...
21 Jul 2022
This year's drought is drying up any hopes many ranchers in the Lone Star State had for a good season. The door to opportunity can be heard slamming shut across counties west of I-35 as ponds and livestock tanks start to show up empty. All of this continues to contribute to what David Anderson describes as "big runs of cattle at a lot of auction ma...
20 Jul 2022
OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to be mostly lower for the second week of July 2022, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. This lower push has now been around for seven weeks in a row. Once again, all but one of the eight major fertilizers are lower compared to last month, with only one fertilizer down considerably. DTN designates...