For the fifth consecutive week, prices for five of the eight major
fertilizers are lower compared to last month, with the remaining three
nutrients being slightly higher. DTN designates a significant move as anything
5% or more. UAN28 is the only nutrient with a significant price move compared
to a month earlier.
BDTN Retail Fertilizer Trends
The U.S.-Mexico border reopened to cattle imports at Douglas, Arizona,
following a USDA phased plan with safeguards against New World screwworm.
Experts estimate 150,000--250,000 head may cross by year's end.
BArizona Port Reopens to Mexican Cattle
The Canadian tariffs, ranging from 15% to 50%, are set to take effect
Sept. 8 in retaliation for U.S. tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian
products that took effect after trade talks collapsed late last week.
BCanada Slaps New Tariffs on US Goods
Reports the Trump administration may double the volume of small-refinery
exemptions from the Renewable Fuel Standard have alarmed farm and biofuel
groups.
BBiofuels, Ag Fear RFS Exemption Surge
Lake Mead borders Arizona and Nevada and recently reached a record low
partially due to drought over the winter that has continued.
4^Cash Market Moves
