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2 Sep 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Though insect pollination services are in increasing demand in the Northern Great Plains, the expansion of corn and soybean acres in response to biofuels feedstock demand may be making it more difficult to find plant habitats suitable for bees, a new study from the National Academy of Sciences conclu...
2 Sep 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A "livestock-friendly" designation has helped some counties become home to more livestock operations, while also keeping a bigger share of existing producers, according to a new study. That study from ag economists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows that more than a decade after the state crea...
2 Sep 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The DTN average weekly DDG spot price was down $3 for the week ended September 1 at $119 per ton. Of the 37 locations from which DTN collects spot prices, 20 showed decreases of $3 to $10 from the prior week, and the balance of the prices were unchanged. Prices were lower ahead of the upcoming three-day weeke...
1 Sep 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Scientists will tell you any applied nitrogen regardless of form and time applied is vulnerable to loss. Soil can't naturally hold any in reserve unless it's in the organic form. Or can it? I recently spoke to a farmer during an event in Illinois about how he was adjusting his nitrogen (N) program on c...
1 Sep 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor NASHVILLE (DTN) -- Weathering the turbulence in commodity markets is a real threat to the nation's start-up farms. Often they possess the lowest equity and are still building credit histories. That means three years of tumbling farm incomes and a 38% drop in corn revenue since 2012 are taking a toll. So ...