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29 Dec 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Editor DECATUR, Illinois (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. No. 4 in the countdown is divisive dicamba decisions and the controversy continuing to drift on. The herbicide trait system that uses dicamba caused rifts within the a...
29 Dec 2017
By Deborah R. Huso Progressive Farmer Contributor In a place such as Hawaii, getting fresh, local foods into schools year-round should be easy. But, even in a land known as Paradise, it all comes down to economics. Consider the sparsely populated, largely rural island of Molokai. Here, a local nonprofit, Sustainable Molokai, sells and distributes ...
29 Dec 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. We complete our countdown Friday with the No. 1 story of the year: defying expectations and weather extremes in various parts of the country, a record high corn yield of 175....
28 Dec 2017
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Each year, DTN publishes our choices for the top 10 ag news stories of the year, as selected by DTN analysts, editors and reporters. We continue counting down with No. 3 being weather extremes and No. 2 highlighting the tough trade talk and tactics by President Donald Trump. ** No. 3: Wide Variability in 2017 Weather Ex...
28 Dec 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all but one fertilizer continued to move higher the third week of December 2017, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers are now higher compared to a month ago. Anhydrous is 12% more expensive compared to last month and has an average pric...