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16 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- In a case highlighting conflicts of interests in a state checkoff program, Missouri soybean farmers won a major lawsuit Wednesday against a seed genetics company co-owned and managed by a former Missouri state soybean checkoff executive. The Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council and Mid-America R...
16 Jun 2016
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Whenever commodity prices drop, or even when they remain up, growers question whether a fungicide application will pay for itself, either by protecting yield, bumping it, or a combination. Fungicides are typically applied to defend against a perceived threat. Some of those threats are already showing up: P...
15 Jun 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to move very little the first week of June 2016, according to fertilizer retailers surveyed by DTN. Fertilizer prices have been steady for nine consecutive weeks now. All eight fertilizers were lower compared to last month, but has been the case in recent weeks, none...
15 Jun 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Rain -- water droplets that have condensed from the atmosphere and fallen to the ground -- is a major component of the water cycle and responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on earth. Right now, according to View From the Cab farmers Chase Brown and Jim Hoover, a little ...
14 Jun 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- The tide has turned this spring in corn and soybean prices, leaving farmers with unexpected marketing opportunities, and also possibly nagging worries about selling too early in a market rally. Jeff Hainline, chairman of Advance Trading, Inc. in Bloomington, Illinois, said corn hitting $4 per bus...