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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...
24 Jan 2018
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Iowa grain companies have told Sen. Charles Grassley that the Section 199A provisions benefiting cooperatives "would put them out of business if we don't do something" and revise the new tax law. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, told agricultural reporters Tuesday that he had spoken to House Ways an...
24 Jan 2018
By Jerry Hagstrom DTN Political Correspondent and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The U.S. Senate voted early Monday afternoon to end the three-day federal government shutdown and fund the government through Feb. 8. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said the three-week funding extension would give senators time ...
24 Jan 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As of Tuesday morning, livestock producers are not yet required to report certain emissions to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, since a federal appeals court had not yet responded to an agency request for a delay past Monday's deadline. In a message posted on the agency's website, EPA said it...
23 Jan 2018
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Severe icing has wreaked havoc on the U.S River system for weeks now and there is hope that forecasts for a warm-up the next few days may help alleviate some of that. Still, even if there is a slight meltdown, that ice needs to work its way down river and through locks, which could cause ice jams along their path. S...