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10 Mar 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- New biotechnology products may attempt to enter the market in the next decade at a breakneck pace, but federal regulatory agencies may not be ready to keep up, according to a National Academies of Sciences (NAS) report released on Thursday. The NAS committee that authored the report spent the past ye...
9 Mar 2017
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Some called him the King of Wisner. Admirers with less of a dramatic flair referred to him as the master of two-way cattle. But most in his wide circle of friends within Cumming County, Nebraska, and the beef industry at large simply called him "Louie." Though Louis Dinklage has been dead for more than 30 yea...
9 Mar 2017
By Susan Winsor Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Roots are free insurance against weather extremes. They store nutrients and water, and loosen soil for better underground circulation. Jerry and Nancy Ackermann take this information to the bank by rotating corn and soybeans with alfalfa. Its fibrous, perennial roots offer free nitrogen (N) an...
9 Mar 2017
By Darin NewsomDTN Senior Analyst Once again, USDA isn't expected to blink in its projections for corn and soybean demand in its March 9 reports. It's like trying to stare down a cat. USDA will release its latest Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) reports at 11 a.m. CST Thursday. U.S. ENDING STOCKS The avera...
8 Mar 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Mild weather last fall allowed corn and soybean farmer Joel Abeln of New Cambria, Missouri, to finish most of his anhydrous applications. But many other farmers waited until this spring to apply anhydrous. Abeln has many acres to cover with anhydrous every growing season, and he attempts to get about...