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2 Nov 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Plaintiffs in the legal battle over the waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule asked a federal court Tuesday to vacate the rule in the first of what is expected to be several legal briefs filed in the coming months. Oral arguments are slated to begin sometime after March 2017, when all sides in t...
2 Nov 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for most fertilizers continued to fall in the final week of October, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. Seven of the eight of the major fertilizers slipped 3% or less compared to a month earlier, but all remain significantly lower than a year ago. On a national av...
1 Nov 2016
By Karl StenersonDTN Fertilizer Columnist AMMONIA World ammonia prices moved lower early in October, but have stabilized over the past few weeks. Little spot business was concluded in Yuzhnyy, former Soviet Union (FSU), and export tons are still priced at the $170 to $175 per metric ton level we saw at the end of September. Following significant a...
1 Nov 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst I don't want to sound like the old guy yelling at kids to get off my lawn, but I have to admit I get grumpy when I hear people spit out market advice based on some thin bit of folklore. I'm not normally bothered by astrology columns, psychic hotlines, or the Farmer's Almanac, but when it comes to lazy market advice, I ha...
31 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- University and EPA scientists who took part in an international review last year that declared glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic" are facing more backlash than they likely anticipated. Scientists involved in the International Agency for Research on Cancer's controversial conclusion on glyphosa...