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21 Jun 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Farmers who plant cover crops on prevented planting acres will be able to hay or graze that ground starting Sept. 1 without facing a penalty on their crop insurance indemnity. USDA's Risk Management Agency on Thursday announced it changed the haying and grazing restrictions on prevented planting ...
20 Jun 2019
HOUSTON (DTN) -- The Energy Information Administration today reported U.S. inventories of propane/propylene increased about 3.3 million barrels (bbl) in the week ended June 14 to 74.5 million bbl with stocks up in all major regions of the country except for the Rocky Mountain states. At 74.5 million bbl on June 14, domestic propane/propylene invent...
20 Jun 2019
By Pamela SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- One of the most valuable assets on Scott Wallis' farm this season has been having Dad close at hand. "It's comforting to have someone remind you that we've weathered tough times before," said Wallis, who farms near Princeton, Indiana, with his father, his son and s...
20 Jun 2019
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst "But what if I don't have enough grain to fill my contracts?" Every year, this is a fear that discourages people from aggressively marketing new-crop grain, despite knowing that prices tend to be higher in the spring than at harvest. Prices will do whatever prices will do, but if some disaster happens -- hail,...
19 Jun 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue mixed, as has been the case for several months now, according to locations tracked by DTN for the second week of June 2019. Five fertilizers were higher compared to last month with none up a substantial amount, which DTN considers 5% or more. MAP had an average price o...