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14 Oct 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As one new nitrogen fertilizer-producing facility has already begun production and another will soon start producing, more nitrogen is just beginning to enter the market. Fertilizer industry experts say this additional supply should help to lower global nitrogen prices and will have a large effect on ...
14 Oct 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Recent calls to the Kansas Agricultural Mediation Services hotline have taken a more emotional turn this year. There are more tears and more silences as some Plains farmers face wheat planting without operating loan approvals or have lost their land leases, reported Char Hento...
13 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The WikiLeaks release of John Podesta's emails opens up details on how Hillary Clinton's campaign has been pushed on an array of political issues, including legislation on labeling GMO crops. Podesta is chairman of Clinton's presidential campaign. WikiLeaks has been releasing thousands of emails t...
13 Oct 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to move lower during the first week of October 2016, continuing the recent trend, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. All eight of the major fertilizers are lower compared to last month with only two fertilizers down a substantial amount. Leading the way lower fo...
13 Oct 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- Farmers in the Plains are harvesting a corn crop that is paying roughly the same cash price as the winter wheat crop they are planting. Neither crop is expected to generate profitability, but wheat production is busting records and sharply taxing Wheat Belt growers' financial reserves....