Winter Wheat Tour Day 1 Yields 38.3 BPA
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 3:10PM CDT
Day 1 of the Wheat Quality Council's 68th Annual Hard Winter Wheat Tour concluded Tuesday, May 12, with a total weighted average yield estimate of 38.3 bushels per acre.
Rural Resilience - 2
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 12:25PM CDT
COVID-19, remote work and demographic shifts ended decades of population decline in rural America.
DTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 11:51AM CDT
Prices of all eight major fertilizers were higher in the first full week of May 2026 compared to a month earlier. However, only one fertilizer was significantly higher, which DTN designates as anything 5% or more. The remaining seven nutrients were just slightly more expensive.
How Does Congress Deal With Fertilizer?
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 6:34AM CDT
Farmers highlighted their frustrations over fertilizer price moves, while senators drilled into questions over price reporting and expanding fertilizer supplies during a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on Tuesday. At least one witness called on Congress to consider more aid relief for producers to deal with the price impacts caused by the war in Iran.