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5 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (DTN) -- It is a bit of a mixed bag for the phosphorus fertilizer outlook. The market will remain under pressure through 2017 with plenty of supply and some new capacity coming online, but lower raw material prices have brought down production costs for producers significantly. While prices slip...
2 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (DTN) -- New North American nitrogen production is beginning to hit the world market in 2016 during a time of oversupply, and it could take the global market a few years to balance out this new production. New capacity, lower energy prices and currency devaluations have all combined to put signi...
1 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (DTN) -- Randy Veach, president of the Arkansas Farm Bureau, is counting on President-elect Donald Trump not following through on a vow to drop out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Arkansas voters picked Trump by a 26.9% margin, one of the widest in the country. Farmers and rural residents cam...
30 Nov 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The coming of a new presidential administration, particularly one expected to stand the status quo on its head as is the Trump administration, has many groups pondering what change might be coming to their corner of the world. Ag policy and farm bill creators are no exception. Speakers representing t...
30 Nov 2016
By Pam Smith DTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor and Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor (Dow Jones) -- Income for U.S. farmers will fall 17.2% this year to a seven-year low, as falling livestock revenues add to pressure from lower grain prices across the Farm Belt. The Agriculture Department on Wednesday said net farm income will drop ...