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30 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor ALTON, Ill. (DTN) -- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is pushing for increased spending on locks and dams in the upper Mississippi River and Illinois River so U.S. agriculture can boost sales and remain competitive in the coming decades. Perdue released a USDA study Wednesday stating that spending $6.3 billio...
29 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- USDA will investigate reports of possible market manipulation following a fire that badly damaged a Tyson beef plant in Holcomb, Kansas, on Aug. 9. In the days following the plant fire, live cattle futures moved limit lower, adding strong pressure to cash cattle trade. In a press statement on Wednesda...
29 Aug 2019
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- President Donald Trump will soon announce a plan to mitigate the effects of EPA's small-refinery exemptions, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told farmers Wednesday at the Farm Progress Show. Perdue said Trump is expected to plan a Midwest trip soon -- though no date is set -- and will ...
29 Aug 2019
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- It's the billion-dollar question on everyone's mind. Over gas station coffee or six-packs of beer, in farm-store aisles or church pews, the dreaded F-word is dominating conversations in the Corn Belt. "The biggest stressor right now is will the crop finish ahead of frost," confirmed Bob B...
28 Aug 2019
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Large decreases in average retail fertilizer prices were seen during the third week of August 2019, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. This marks the second time in a couple of years that prices have declined in unison, this time in back-to-back updates. Prices for all eight of the major fertiliz...