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Retail fertilizer prices are now mostly lower for the fourth week of December 2025. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month, while one fertilizer moved slightly higher. Just one fertilizer had a significant price...

No. 2 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of the Year focuses on how, in 2025, both corn and soybeans could record all-time high average yields, and they could have been even higher had late-season dryness and disease not "took the top off" the...

The Trump administration and 12 states are seeking an October 2026 trial date against Syngenta and Corteva, alleging they paid distributors to block generic pesticides.

Ample global supplies of potash make the nutrient's affordability much more positive compared to other nutrients. Fertilizer analysts believe the price outlook for 2026 will most likely be steady, barring various geopolitical issues clouding the prediction.

For the second week in a row, retail fertilizer prices are now mostly lower for the third week of December 2025. Six of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month while the remaining two were slightly more expensive. Three...

The phosphorus outlook looks to be somewhat cloudy in 2026. Limited Chinese exports and the continuing countervailing duties battle are major factors why global supplies are limited. The phosphorus price outlook appears to be steady into the new year.

No. 9 on DTN's list of the Top 10 Ag Stories of 2025 is glyphosate's struggles and survival.

Retail fertilizer prices are mostly lower for the second week of December 2025. Six of the eight major fertilizers were lower in price compared to last month, while the remaining two were slightly more expensive. No fertilizers had a significant price...

Drought conditions reversed and rains brought a bumper spring wheat crop and a winning entry of 147.81 bushels per acre for grower Nick Pfaff, who farms with his family near Bismarck, North Dakota.

Missouri joins Illinois, Iowa and Tennessee in declaring a population of waterhemp resistant to dicamba herbicide.

Many factors will determine the nitrogen outlook in 2026. Natural gas disruptions and new nitrogen fertilizer supplies curtailed supply in 2025, causing higher prices. Fertilizer analysts believe more supply could cause some forms of nitrogen to retreat...

Bayer sued AIG Property Casualty Co., alleging the insurer refuses to pay billions in Roundup liability claims under insurance policies purchased between 1967 and 1986.

Chris Santini of Stewartsville, New Jersey, earned the Bin Buster award in the 2025 National Sorghum Yield Contest with an entry yielding 239.93 bushels per acre.

Fertilizer prices continued to be mostly higher for the first week of December 2025. Five of the eight major fertilizers were higher in price compared to last month while the other three were slightly less expensive for the second week in a row. No...

For the third time in five years, Oregon wheat farmer Steve VanGrunsven has earned the title of "Bin Buster" in the National Wheat Yield Contest with an entry of soft white winter wheat.

The Southern Plains grazing season started out with ample moisture and has moved into more drought-type conditions. A La Nina weather pattern may create mixed winter precipitation.

A Dutch publishing company has issued a retraction for a frequently cited study on the safety of glyphosate. The 25-year-old study has been used by regulators such as EPA in assessing the safety of the herbicide.

Most fertilizers continued to be more expensive during the fourth week of November 2025. Average retail prices for five of the eight major fertilizers were up from last month, while prices for the remaining three were down slightly. No fertilizer saw a...