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18 Apr 2017
By Anthony Greder DTN Managing Editor and Russ Quinn DTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- After debuting last week at a pace equal to the five-year average, U.S. corn planting progress fell behind normal in USDA's weekly Crop Progress report released Monday afternoon. USDA estimated 6% of the nation's corn crop was planted as of Sunday, behind last y...
18 Apr 2017
By Deborah R. Huso Progressive Farmer Contributor Once a month, Heidi Selken steps in front of a video camera and talks to a few hundred fourth-grade students about dairy farming ... as well as anyone else who might choose to tune in on the South Dakota Adopt-A-Farmer YouTube channel. Selken is herd manager at Boadwine Farms Inc., near Baltic, in ...
17 Apr 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst OMAHA (DTN) -- This week's export sales report should be viewed as bullish for soybeans, neutral for wheat and corn, and bearish for milo, according to DTN Analyst Todd Hultman. Weekly export sales for all wheat showed a total of 20.1 mb (546,900 mt) with 15.5 mb (421,600 mt) for the 2016-2017 marketing year. This was ab...
17 Apr 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Ron Tombaugh is seeing his alfalfa fields green up. The Streater, Illinois, hay and straw producer said while it is too early to know exactly what is in store for forage crops this growing season, he does know conditions appear good for early season growth. "We haven't seen a lot of heaving, and we ha...
17 Apr 2017
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- After a tough couple of seasons, western corn rootworm populations are heading into the spring with high hopes. "It's a rebuilding year for Team Rootworm," said Joe Spencer, an entomologist with the Illinois Natural History Survey. Heavy rains decimated rootworm populations during their...