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12 Dec 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The market continues to tell the farmers to store their corn for now, which is apparent in the current futures carry we are seeing. As of midday, Dec. 9, the carry from the March futures to December 2017 futures was running about 7 cents per month. Farmers add up their carrying costs which include interest, i...
12 Dec 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. AN OLD COB WITH NEW ANSWERS What does a 5,310-year-old cob of ancient maize have in common with a modern corn hybrid? Genetic tinkering by humans, for one thing. By sequencing the geno...
9 Dec 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Soybean aphids are sneaky. Attacks seem to come out of nowhere, and recently, the pest has also shown an increasing ability to withstand insecticidal controls. That's why entomologists such as University of Minnesota's Bob Koch are encouraging growers to consider the sap-sucking insects ...
9 Dec 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- On-farm sustainability metrics have improved in a lot of areas going back to the 1980s, but also may have plateaued. With agricultural sustainability becoming a growing industry focus, the group Field to Market released its third report on Thursday looking at environmental and socioeconomic...
9 Dec 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (DTN) -- Fertilizer regulations continue to be a burden for Europe's retailers and farmers as the general public there looks at fertilizer as a bad thing, according to one European fertilizer insider. Some European farmers have moved toward organic crop production because of this situation. Pie...