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30 Mar 2017
By Elaine KubDTN Contributing Analyst In 1701, Jethro Tull invented the horse-drawn seed drill, used for evenly planting straight furrows of small grains in England, and later in Europe, America and the rest of the world. And here I was, thinking all along that "Jethro Tull" was just a progressive rock flautist! There have long been some basic, hu...
29 Mar 2017
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- Farmers who lead commodity groups asked the House Agriculture General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee on Tuesday to continue the commodity programs in the 2014 farm bill, but to make the benefits more generous to help counter commodity prices that are lower than whe...
29 Mar 2017
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices were still mostly higher the third week of March 2017, but this climb higher appears to be slowing, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. And, for the first time in five weeks, not all of the fertilizers had higher prices. Seven of the eight major fertilizers were...
29 Mar 2017
By Dan Crummett Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor A little field diplomacy can go a long way toward maintaining healthy, resilient crops -- and that means taking care of billions of helping hands busy at work in the topsoil of your farm. Kristine Nichols, chief scientist at the Rodale Institute, said naturally occurring mycorrhizal fungi that...
29 Mar 2017
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst As we head toward USDA's Prospective Plantings report on Friday, March 31, it seems widely accepted that soybean acres will be higher in 2017 and corn acres lower due to soybeans' more attractive new-crop prices. December corn was trading at $3.79 3/4 on Monday morning, a little below the $3.85 that USDA estimated a bushe...