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31 Jan 2019
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail prices of all eight of the major fertilizers moved higher the last full week of January 2019, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. It was the second week in a row that prices for all fertilizers were higher. While prices are higher compared to last month, none were up a significant amount, wh...
30 Jan 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DES MOINES, Iowa (DTN) -- Andrew Wheeler, EPA's acting administrator, wasn't at the Iowa Renewable Fuels on Tuesday, but he was the focus of the industry's outlook on multiple fronts. At the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association booth was an oversized poster-card letter to Wheeler, calling on EPA to complete the rul...
30 Jan 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who has the ugliest pigweed of all? The answer might surprise you. Scientists have recently uncovered the country's first four-way resistant Palmer amaranth populations in Kansas. So far, only in the land of Toto and Dorothy can a single pigweed population sur...
30 Jan 2019
By Lori CullerDTN HR Columnist Farmers are known for being innovative, working with what they have to get the job done. Whether it's finding the extra expertise on crop nutrition or specialty equipment fabricated to fit your farm, farmers tend to know who to call. But as your operation works to improve efficiency and maximize resources, specialty t...
29 Jan 2019
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst In a press release on Jan. 17, 2019, the Great Lakes Seaway Partnership noted that, "With total cargo shipments of 40.9 million metric tons during the 2018 navigation season, St. Lawrence Seaway traffic increased nearly 7% year-over-year. Additionally, total vessel transits were up nearly 6% over 2017." The St...