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25 May 2018
By Katie DehlingerDTN Farm Business Adviser MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. (DTN) -- Brazilian grain export facilities along the Amazon River are picking up a larger share of the country's growing exports, and waterways are playing a larger role in carrying corn and soybeans to port. Between 2010 and 2017, Brazilian exports of corn and soybeans increased by 14...
25 May 2018
By Dan MillerProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Tom Ries poured a new concrete floor in a one-time chicken house and, then, just kept going. "It wasn't in terrible shape. But, it needed some work," he says. The result was a compact 690-square-foot shop -- simple in many ways -- but one that meets Ries's needs for a dry and warm place to maintain a sm...
24 May 2018
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Since early April, when a threat began to loom of retaliatory 25% tariffs on U.S. soybeans imported to China, the Chicago soybean futures market plummeted nearly 60 cents. It has rebounded upward, but only in recent sessions now that it seems trade officials from the U.S. and China are backing away from a stra...
24 May 2018
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- According to retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second week of May 2018, prices continue to be mostly higher. There appeared to be signs over the last few months that prices may be turning lower, with multiple fertilizers having lower prices, but so far this trend has not developed. Like...
24 May 2018
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The Enlist weed control system is expanding this year, and with it, the need to be diligent about label compliance. "We had such a good year last year, so let's not be overconfident and cut any corners this year," said Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee weed scientist. "Enlist is goin...