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5 Jul 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail prices for all but one fertilizer crept higher the fourth week of June 2018, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were just slightly higher in price compared to last month. DAP had an average price of $485 per ton, MAP $505/ton, potash $354/ton, u...
5 Jul 2018
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Health insurance costs have reached a desperation point for many farmers, with some premiums rising 60% to 200%. The choice for some comes down to keeping the farm together or paying for health insurance this year. "In some cases, 25% to 30% of their total farm income is spent ...
5 Jul 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst The U.S winter wheat harvest has officially passed its halfway mark, according to the Sunday night observations accumulated in the weekly Crop Progress report from USDA. But in the western states where hard red winter wheat is grown, we might consider harvest to be somewhere around the three-fourths mark, with...
3 Jul 2018
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- Despite another week of scattered reports of flood and hail damage to crops, national good-to-excellent condition ratings for corn and soybeans fell only slightly last week, according to the USDA National Ag Statistics Service's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday. NASS estimated that 76% of corn was in good-to-...
3 Jul 2018
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The EPA is expected to ask a federal judge in New York to rule in its favor on a lawsuit challenging the delay of the 2015 waters of the United States, or WOTUS, rule, according to a document filed last week announcing plans to file for summary judgement. Attorneys general of 10 states and the Distric...