Headline News
RECENT NEWS
17 Apr 2023
By Logan Garcia, Market Reporter -- Fertecon, S and P Global Commodity Insights The following is a recap of fertilizer price trends and market developments for the month of March. AMMONIA Domestic: Following another reduction in the Tampa ammonia contract for April shipments last month, U.S. ammonia prices did not initially fall lower in the Corn B...
14 Apr 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Hay prices, along with supply and demand, remain regional in nature, according to hay growers and sellers. Some areas have a good supply of hay and thus prices are lower, while other locales are short of hay and prices have climbed significantly higher. The key to where hay prices go in the next growing season will be how much moistu...
13 Apr 2023
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (DTN) -- An estimated 18,000 dairy cows were in a holding area for milking at Southfork Dairy Farm, in Dimmitt, Texas, on the evening of April 10, when a massive explosion and fire killed most of them and severely injured one worker in the building. The Castro County Sheriff's Office first reported the explosion on its Facebook pag...
13 Apr 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Colorado legislators passed the nation's first agriculture equipment right-to-repair bill Tuesday, putting the state at odds with John Deere and other equipment manufacturers that have signed agreements with major agriculture groups to not pursue such legislation. The Consumer Right to Repair Agricultural Equipment Act has been sent ...
13 Apr 2023
OMAHA (DTN) -- Meatpackers and other companies in the food-supply chain need to do a better job taking steps to ensure illegal child labor isn't being used in their operations, suppliers, subcontractors or other vendors, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warned Wednesday. In a letter to 18 of the country's largest meat and poultry companies, Vilsac...