DTN writer Russ Quinn reported yesterday that, "Retail fertilizer prices continued to be evenly split the first week of October 2023 with half lower and half higher compared to last…
Emily Anthes reported on the front page of today's New York Times that, "Scientists have used the gene-editing technology known as CRISPR to create chickens that have some resistance to…
Late last week, Reuters writer Tom Polansek reported that, "The U.S. has detected its first case of avian flu on a commercial poultry farm since April, in a flock of…
In its October Market Monitor report, the Agricultural Market Information System (AMIS) indicated that, "Fertilizer prices were mostly up in September along with prices for main fertilizer inputs."
In its weekly Grain Transportation report on Thursday, the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service indicated that, "The Mississippi River System (MRS) comprises the Nation’s primary waterways for moving grain from Midwest…
DTN writer Russ Quinn reported yesterday that, "Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the fourth week of September 2023 are showing a more pronounced split as some prices rise…
Reuters writer Julie Ingwersen reported yesterday that, "The U.S. corn and soy harvests were 23% complete by Sunday, government data showed on Monday, slightly behind analysts' expectations that both crops…
Late last week, DTN reported that, "United States inventory of all hogs and pigs on Sept. 1, 2023, was 74.3 million head. This was up slightly from Sept. 1, 2022,…
Dow Jones writer Kirk Maltais reported on Friday that, "Wheat for December delivery fell 6.6% to $5.40 3/4 a bushel, on the Chicago Board of Trade on Friday, with heavy…
Bloomberg writer Michael Hirtzer reported on Friday that, "America’s crop exports are once again at risk due to a diminished Mississippi River."
Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported today that, "Russia carried out a big wave of air strikes on three Ukrainian regions early on Thursday in which Ukrainian officials said some attack…
Bloomberg writers Kim Chipman and Tarso Veloso Ribeiro reported yesterday that, "For US corn farmers, the rise of green jet fuel is their best hope of staving off an existential…
Donnelle Eller reported on the front page of Sunday's Des Moines Register that, "Drought, now [Iowa's] longest in two decades, encompasses most of Iowa, a new U.S. Drought Monitor shows…
Associated Press writer Scott McFetridge reported on the front page of Saturday's Des Moines Register that, "A long stretch of hot, dry weather has left the Mississippi River so low…
Chris Kenning reported on the front page of today's USA Today that, "In the wheelhouse high atop the rumbling, 240-foot boat, James Garner perched in a chair surrounded by levers,…
Reuters writer Mark Weinraub reported yesterday that, "The U.S. government cut its forecast for the soybean crop on Tuesday after hot and dry conditions during key growth stages but raised…
DTN Managing Editor Anthony Greder reported yesterday that, "The 2023 U.S. corn harvest is slightly outpacing the five-year average so far as the crop continues to reach maturity ahead of…
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri released its latest baseline update for U.S. farm income and government costs on Monday.
Dow Jones writer Kirk Maltais reported on Friday that, "The effect of scorching heat on maturing U.S. crops is driving the price debate in grain markets, with trading volume of…
Bloomberg writer Agnieszka de Sousa reported today that, "Global food prices resumed declines to the lowest in more than two years amid ample supplies of cooking oils and dairy, even…