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11 Aug 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- Sure, Illinois farmer Alan Madison has economized to make ends meet during this farm recession. He told an audience of ag journalists recently that he has slowed his combine trades to every four years instead of three; split applied nitrogen to shave fertilizer rates; and follows a see...
11 Aug 2016
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist The dog days of August are upon us and that typically brings on tip-back worries, especially if conditions have turned hot and dry. The missing kernels can be aborted kernels -- ones that were fertilized but stopped developing -- or can be kernel initials that weren't fertilized due to problems with the po...
10 Aug 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Pollinator plots may be designed to attract beneficial insects, but there's a potential side effect to the good will. Weed scientists in Iowa and Illinois have discovered Palmer amaranth lurking in some plots and are warning growers to scout for the invasive weed. Kn...
10 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Pyramided Bt corn hybrids, which feature two traits targeting the western corn rootworm, have long been a stronghold against rootworm damage for Corn Belt farmers. That defense is weakening this year after university entomologists have confirmed resistance in rootworm populations to eCr...
10 Aug 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Average retail fertilizer prices continued to dip lower the first week of August 2016, with one exception, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. That one exception would be UAN32, which is slightly higher in price compared to a month earlier. The nitrogen fertilizer averaged $307 per ton. ...