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24 Aug 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As the agriculture economy continues to struggle, members of the National Farmers Union recently decided they wanted the national organization to initiate a stronger push for the expansion of biofuels. The NFU responded this week by hiring veteran Washington biofuels lobbyist Anne Steckel, principal ...
24 Aug 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued their downward trend the third week of August 2017, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. All eight of the major fertilizers had lower prices compared to a month earlier. Only two fertilizers had a significant price drop compared to a month earlier. UA...
24 Aug 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The healthiest crop in some fields this fall isn't corn or soybeans -- it's weeds. Towering above soybeans and poking out of cornfields, waterhemp, marestail, Palmer amaranth and giant ragweed escapes represent a lot more than lost yield. They promise to produce a seedbank that will clog...
23 Aug 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though United States agriculture soon would like to see a bilateral trade agreement reached with Japan, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, told reporters Tuesday he doesn't see that happening in the near future because of ongoing efforts to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA. T...
23 Aug 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- While it looks good, Brent Judisch's crop could use more rain. "The corn looks good. Beans are OK but still need a rain. For August, all we've had is three rains, a half-inch, another half-inch, and six-tenths of an inch. We would like to have two more rains for the soybeans," said Ju...