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5 May 2016
By Pamela SmithDTN Crops Technology Editor MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- This year's hard red winter wheat tour was a rubbernecker compared to the previous year. The tour estimated total production would come in around 382.4 million bushels. Scouts estimated Kansas yields will come in at 48.6 bushels per acre. That's a big crop when compared to the 35.6...
5 May 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Farm Service Agency has accepted enrollment of more than 800,000 acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) through the program's latest signup period. The CRP pays farmers to idle marginally productive land to improve water quality, prevent soil erosion, strengthen wildlife ...
4 May 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Not much movement is being seen in retail fertilizer prices with bids continuing to trade in a narrow range for the third straight week, according to DTN's latest retail fertilizer survey. Four fertilizers edged higher while the other four fertilizers were lower compared to last month, DTN's survey f...
4 May 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- An unwelcome guest spent the winter in north Texas this year -- the sugarcane aphid. The aphid usually overwinters in Mexico and the Gulf and must journey northward during the spring to infest sorghum fields. This year it overwintered as far north as the Texas panhandle, a sizeable head ...
4 May 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Local bans on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in Colorado are now unconstitutional following a pair of rulings handed down by the Colorado Supreme Court Monday. The rulings are considered good for farmers and ranchers, particularly in the northeast part of the state. Mineral rights have become a ke...