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11 May 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the first week of May 2016 continue to remain constant. Retail fertilizer prices have been unwavering for four consecutive weeks now. Five fertilizers slipped lower while the other three fertilizers were higher compared to last month. None of the five fertil...
11 May 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst Class I railroads will be required to provide weekly reports on their service performance under new rules proposed by the Surface Transportation Board (STB) late last month. The new requirements are aimed at preventing widespread rail service issues such as those in 2014 that affected numerous commodity shipp...
11 May 2016
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent BALCARCE, Argentina (DTN) -- Argentina was well on course for a bumper soybean crop until the rain started falling in April. Showers were incessant for most of the month across the north of the grain belt, catching the soybeans right at harvest time, when they really needed to be dry. "The effects...
10 May 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Trade Representative Michael Froman announced Tuesday that the United States is mounting a challenge in the World Trade Organization to China's continued use of antidumping and countervailing duties against imports of U.S. chicken broiler products. In bringing the case, the U.S. furt...
10 May 2016
By Chris Clayton Ag Policy Editorand Emily Unglesbee DTN Staff Reporters WASHINGTON (DTN) -- U.S. corn ending stocks for the crop planted this spring (2016-17) are projected at 2.15 billion bushels and if realized would be the highest since the mid-1980s. Soybean ending stocks are projected at 305 million bushels for new crop beans, which came in ...