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28 Nov 2016
By DTN Staff OMAHA (DTN) -- U.S. winter wheat conditions held steady last week compared to the previous week, according to the last weekly USDA Crop Progress report of 2016 released Monday. USDA reported 92% of the winter wheat crop had emerged as of Sunday, even with a year ago and even with the five-year average of 92% emerged. "Fifty-eight perc...
28 Nov 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor SAG HARBOR, N.Y. (DTN) -- Keep a close eye on how Washington chooses to fix estate and income taxes after President-elect Donald Trump takes office. "There's more than ample room for housecleaning in the tax code," CliftonLarsonAllen CPA and ag tax principal Andy Biebl said. "It doesn't get massive publi...
25 Nov 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. SCN BREAKTHROUGH? Kansas State University researchers have received a patent for an RNAi, or gene silencing, trait that could make soybean roots a fatal final meal for the soybean cys...
25 Nov 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices were mixed again the third week of November 2016 with most products slightly lower while some were higher, according to fertilizer retails surveyed by DTN. Like last week, prices for six of the eight major fertilizers were lower compared to a month earlier, though none ...
23 Nov 2016
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst Well, folks, I'm back in the drone-owning community! Many readers will remember that I lost my first little unmanned aerial system (UAS) in an ocean of prairie grass when a sudden wind shear took it outside of signaling range. I know that people remember this, because people still ask me about it all the time:...