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26 Jan 2018
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst "Britain and America are two nations separated by a common language." While historians can't seem to agree on who first said it (George Bernard Shaw? Oscar Wilde? Winston Churchill?), most recognize the humorous quote as a pithy expression of more sprawling truth. Don't judge a book by its cover. Looks can be...
25 Jan 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The 2017-18 growing season in South America has not been perfect, but up to now, crop development has been satisfactory. That may change, however, with needed rain in the central Argentina crop belt looking less promising than earlier-season incidents. "Weather forecast models have been co...
25 Jan 2018
By Bryce AndersonDTN Senior Ag Meteorologist OMAHA (DTN) -- The 2017-18 growing season in South America has not been perfect, but up to now, crop development has been satisfactory. That may change, however, with needed rain in the central Argentina crop belt looking less promising than earlier-season incidents. "Weather forecast models have been co...
25 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue laid out a four-page set of principles for the farm bill Wednesday during a trip to Pennsylvania. The summary of principles are largely broad in scope and would leave much of the nuts and bolts of a farm bill up to Congress. USDA wants a "fiscally responsible" f...
25 Jan 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- For the third week in a row, average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher the third week of January 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Though prices for all fertilizers were higher, the price of only one fertilizer was up by a noteworthy amount. Anhydrous was up 5% compa...