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14 Oct 2015
By Katie MicikDTN Markets Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybean export sales and shipments may have gotten off to the slowest start since the 2011-12 marketing year, but China's recent soybean purchase reaffirms that the world's largest soybean buyer likes having two suppliers. China signed agreements to purchase 13.1 million metric tons, or 484 million ...
13 Oct 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Soybean harvest is barreling along in the U.S., advancing 20 percentage points in the week ended Oct. 11, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report. Sixty-two percent of the nation's soybean crop has been cut, compared to 42% last week and a five-year average of 54%. Soybean condition held s...
13 Oct 2015
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices are shifting modestly lower for the 2016 crop, according to dealers tracked by DTN for the first week of October 2015. But liability issues and proposed government safety regulations threaten the retail fertilizer business and prices, long-term. As was the case in last week's p...
13 Oct 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In a potential win for grain exporting countries, a European Parliament committee voted to block a proposal that would have allowed each of the 28 EU countries to decide on their own whether to allow the import or use of biotech food or feed. Despite the aggressive challenges facing biotech crop ...
12 Oct 2015
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributor Jim Sladek has to pause for a moment when asked if he would do anything different in the construction of the farm shop/farm office he's used for more than three years. Then, he shakes his head "no." "Quite a bit of thought went into the shop, and so far, we're happy with how it turned out," says Sladek, m...