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20 Mar 2024
OMAHA (DTN) -- For the first time in several months, average retail prices for all eight major fertilizers were higher than they were a month ago in the second week of March 2024, according to sellers surveyed by DTN. Just one fertilizer saw a significant price move, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. Urea was 7% more expensive than last ...
19 Mar 2024
WASHINGTON (DTN) -- In celebrating agriculture, a first-generation Pennsylvania farmer told others not to be afraid to experiment and to get involved to help improve the climate for other new farmers in the future. The U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a National Ag Day event Tuesday morning which included speeches from Agriculture Secretary To...
19 Mar 2024
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology announced Tuesday a collaboration agreement that will make it easier for farmers to integrate each company's equipment and technology solutions into their farming operation. The agreement finally resolves a years-long legal dispute between the three agricultural man...
19 Mar 2024
It has been an active pattern here in March and pretty warm as well. We've seen several big storm systems produce widespread rainfall through the Central Plains, Ohio Valley and the Deep South. But an area that has been missed frequently is the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Drought has been slowly building back into these areas and soil moistu...
19 Mar 2024
Happy Ag Day! It's hard to believe it's the first day of spring, and even harder to note that it's time for the annual recognition of all that agriculture brings to the United States and the world. DTN and Progressive Farmer Magazine have long been supporters of National Ag Day, a celebration of farmers, food and fiber production, and all things ag...