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19 Oct 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to move lower the second week of October, though the rate of decline slowed from what was seen in previous weeks, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. While all eight of the major fertilizer are lower compared to a month earlier, the string of ni...
19 Oct 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- DTN View From the Cab farmer Jim Hoover of Newport, Pennsylvania is a man of his word. "I told you last week we were moving to Tower City to pick corn and that's what we did," Jim told DTN late Sunday. With corn harvest finished at the home place, the move to rented land a little far...
18 Oct 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst Every now and then in the course of covering grain markets, something odd jumps out that just doesn't sound right. That happened Friday when I was going through the details of USDA's weekly export sales report and saw China was last week's top buyer of U.S. cotton. China? Why would China be buying cotton? I seem to reca...
18 Oct 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) - Legislative opposition to USDA's new livestock marketing rules could be a part of the upcoming budget debate ahead of a Dec. 9 deadline to keep the federal government running, although Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said Tuesday he doesn't think that will happen. The rules under the Grain Inspection, ...
18 Oct 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Farmers buying corn seed with western bean cutworm in mind should tread carefully this fall. Two Bt traits are labeled to control the pest, Herculex I (Cry1F) and Viptera (Vip3A). However, Cry1F is under fire from scientists and farmers, after the trait failed to protect many cornfields...