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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...
8 Mar 2017
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- President Donald Trump is expected to sign a Congressional resolution to overturn an Obama administration rule approved in December that would have changed the way public lands are managed in the West. The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a resolution to kill what is known as the U.S. Bureau of Land Mana...
8 Mar 2017
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Windshield time can sure get the thoughts rolling. For the past 12 years, DTN's View from the Cab series has taken readers on a ride through the growing season with working farmers talking about their struggles, successes and dreams each week from spring planting thro...
7 Mar 2017
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist When it comes to increasing soil health, we most often focus on increasing organic matter. Practices that build organic matter include reducing tillage, planting more high-residue crops such as corn and wheat, rotating to sod grass crops that produce a lot of root biomass with stable carbon, planting a...
7 Mar 2017
By Karl Stenerson DTN Fertilizer Columnist Here is a breakdown of international and domestic wholesale prices and trends by the various fertilizers: AMMONIA International: International ammonia prices remained firm during February as supply out of the Black Sea was still severely restricted for most of the month. The pumping of ammonia from Russia...