Retail surveys show fertilizer prices are taking a break after 2011's steep runups. Some retailers think the pause will lead to additional price breaks for urea and DAP.
Cash rent auctions proliferate in the aftermath of 2011's record profits. In north-central Iowa, dozens of bidders vie for bragging rights to the Midwest's priciest cash rents.
Farmers and traders are interested in February's daily futures settlements, because each settlement for the rest of the month will affect how much income an American farmer can know he will receive for a crop, and it also matters to the grain futures market worldwide.
Eminent domain, which gives a public entity the right to acquire private property for public purposes, such as highways, utility lines and recreation areas, has long been a bone of contention for agricultural landowners.
Cash rent auctions proliferate in the aftermath of 2011's record
profits. In north-central Iowa, dozens of bidders vie for bragging rights to
the Midwest's priciest cash rents.
See DTN Ag News. :^Cash Rent Extravaganza...
Farmers and traders are interested in February's daily futures
settlements, because each settlement for the rest of the month will affect how
much income an American farmer can know he will receive for a crop, and it also
matters to the grain futures market worldwide.
See DTN Ag News. BKub's Den ...
In this second part of a critique on Flex Rents, Midwest farmer Adam
Erwin dissects why four lease formulas may actually increase his risk.
See DTN Ag News. BMBAg by Adam Erwin...
Retail surveys show fertilizer prices are taking a break after 2011's
steep runups. Some retailers think the pause will lead to additional price
breaks for urea and DAP.
See DTN Ag News. BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends...
Eminent domain, which gives a public entity the right to acquire
private property for public purposes, such as highways, utility lines and
recreation areas, has long been a bone of contention for agricultural
landowners.
See DTN Ag News. 4^Eminent Disdain...
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Monday's cash corn price was steady at $6.32; soybeans, up 1 cent at $11.89; hard red winter wheat, up 6 cents at $6.81; soft red winter wheat, up 8 cents at $6.52; and hard red spring wheat up 2 cents at $8.35.