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30 May 2017
By Mary KennedyDTN Basis Analyst Substantial rains last week in the central Plains and central Midwest have caused rivers throughout the central U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico to swell, resulting in more barge traffic delays, according to Tom Russell, Russell Marine Group. "The Illinois River is at or near flood stage and traffic is moving slowly, and...
30 May 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- How bad has this spring been for corn planting? Bad enough that some seed companies are now getting calls requesting a second round of replant corn, and the planting season is far from over. "As far as I know, this will be an historic replant year, particularly for corn," said Ryan Par...
26 May 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter ASHLAND, Kan. (DTN) -- Ranchers whose rangeland was affected by wildfires this spring in southwestern Kansas and northwest Oklahoma are seeing the recovery process progress faster than many expected. Since March, moisture has increased. While the destructive fires burnt structures, animals and fences, there could be ...
26 May 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Central Indiana grower Mike Starkey has watched rainfall soak, saturate and flood soils across his state with great alarm this spring. "For everyone who applied nitrogen pre-plant, a lot of it has got to be going right down the tile lines and down to the Mississippi," he said. Nitrogen ...
26 May 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- As they heard testimony from economists on the problems in farm country, leaders of the Senate Agriculture said Thursday there should no more cuts to farm bill programs. Committee Chairman Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and ranking member Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., made the statements two days a...