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9 Jul 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst The U.S winter wheat harvest has officially passed its halfway mark, according to the Sunday night observations accumulated in the weekly Crop Progress report from USDA. But in the western states where hard red winter wheat is grown, we might consider harvest to be somewhere around the three-fourths mark, with ...
6 Jul 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Scott Pruitt is out as EPA administrator after the embattled agency head tendered his resignation to President Donald Trump on Thursday. Trump made the announcement via Twitter on Thursday afternoon: "I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection ...
6 Jul 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Editor MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- As the smoke from barbeques and fireworks clears, the tariff picture is coming into focus, and it appears to be full steam ahead. Mexico is slated to join Canada on Thursday in placing new tariffs, and increasing others, on a number of U.S. agricultural goods in retaliation fo...
6 Jul 2018
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Holidays don't always happen for farmers -- well, not in the traditional sense anyway. While the rest of the country is having a blast on Independence Day, DTN's View From the Cab correspondents will be fitting field operations into the festivities while celebrating t...
5 Jul 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all but one fertilizer crept higher the fourth week of June 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were just slightly higher in price compared to last month. DAP had an average price of $485 per ton, MAP $505/ton, potash $354/ton, u...