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29 Jun 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to show little movement in either direction the third week of June 2017, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. A look at data collected by DTN so far this year shows prices for some fertilizers have barely budged since the beginning of the year. Of the e...
29 Jun 2017
By Greg D. HorstmeierDTN Editor-in-Chief BASEL, Switzerland (DTN) -- Syngenta and its new owner, ChemChina, wasted little time basking in the satisfaction of a long-fought acquisition. Officials from both companies discussed the future of the seeds, biotech and crop chemical business at a June 27 press conference at Syngenta headquarters here. The...
28 Jun 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE (DTN) -- The sugarcane aphid is quickly becoming one of sorghum's most consistent pests. Just as it has every summer since 2013, the pest is creeping steadily north up through Oklahoma, with Kansas in its sights. The good news is that farmers and Mother Nature are getting a handle on the aphid, which...
28 Jun 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst December corn dropped a quick 26 3/4 cents last week, flipping from its highest prices in three months to a new low in 2017 in what seemed like the blink of a forecast. Actually, weather forecasts for the Midwest had been mostly bearish the past two weeks, but support finally gave way last week. The hot weather that threa...
28 Jun 2017
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- DTN View From the Cab farmers Brent and Lisa Judisch of Cedar Falls, Iowa, live in a really cool place. It was especially so last week. "Boy, we're really cool right now. We went to Sturgis Falls weekend in Cedar Falls. It was sweatshirt weather. Usually everyone is looking for shade....