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26 Jan 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Last fall I wrote an article about the fate of dry phosphate fertilizer if applied in the fall or spring. This article generated this reader question from Ocheyedan, Iowa: "I read your article about dry fertilizer application for MAP and DAP. But you didn't talk about potash. Is it better to apply 0-0-6...
26 Jan 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst 2015 U.S. grain markets will long be remembered for the convergence of two powerful bearish factors: 1. Big grain harvests around the world, thanks to favorable weather in major crop areas; 2. Another rise in the U.S. dollar as the U.S. economy avoided the problems encountered by many of its grain-selling competitors. A q...
26 Jan 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continue to move lower, according to retailers tracked by DTN for the third week of January 2016. This week marks the fourth week in a row of significant price declines. Seven of the eight major fertilizers edged lower compared to a month earlier with two fertilizers down some...
26 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. MIDGE-RESISTANT WHEAT WILL REQUIRE A REFUGE A long-awaited spring wheat variety is coming to Montana growers, but with a catch. Growers must blend their plantings of the new variety, ...
25 Jan 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The Old Vicksburg Bridge in Vicksburg, Mississippi, is beginning to resemble a pinball machine as river barges have bounced against piers under it. Those collisions have also affected rail transportation in the area. River basis is slowly recovering from the more than one month of flooding, and rail basis to ...