Interesting reads today...

Here is information on a few interesting things I read today:

Farm Progress executive editor Dan Crummett had an interesting blog post - talking in part about the livestock industry's thoughts on ethanol subsidies.

Here's a quote:

Even when ethanol first began to hit the news, the "non-subsidized" beef industry was on record against anything that would boost the price of corn -- funny, how subsidized corn isn't a "subsidy" to the beef industry when it's fed as feed, but it is when it's fed through fuel injectors!

For the full post, click here. It's a quick read.

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DTN's Russ Quinn reports that fertilizer prices continue to spiral downwards:

The fertilizer prices tracked by DTN continued on their downward path during the second week of July. Leading the way the lower was UAN28, which is down 23 percent from the previous month. DAP and UAN32 are both down 16 percent and anhydrous is down 13 percent.

He reports that at some point fertilizer prices will stop falling - and then both retailers and farmers will have to decide whether it is time to purchase some product.

For the full report, click here.