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18 Apr 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn and spring wheat planting moved well ahead of the five-year average in the week ended April 17, according to USDA's latest weekly Crop Progress report. Corn was 13% planted, compared to 4% last week, 7% last year and an 8% average. "Monday's report should be viewed as slightly bearish for cor...
18 Apr 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor NEWARK, N.J. (DTN) -- An experiment in modern agricultural economics is going on in a converted brewery warehouse that last housed a paintball gamer business in a working-class Newark neighborhood. AeroFarms is trying to make indoor vertical farming economically viable in the repurposed 30,000-square-foot brewer...
18 Apr 2016
By Loretta SorensenProgressive Farmer Contributor Jim Kokes knows sprinklers will keep his cattle cool during South Dakota's soaring summer temps. But the feeder also knows tiny water droplets can do more harm than good. "Sprinklers help cattle diffuse heat coming from both the ambient temperature and the rumen during digestion," Kokes said. "But ...
15 Apr 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Jason Schielke, an IT specialist for Frahm Farmland in Colby, Kansas, is a patient person. It's a good thing he is: Wireless data transfers from the field can take time where Internet connectivity is weak. "We have spotty coverage here through the cellular service which John Deere uses," Schielke told ...
15 Apr 2016
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- The American Bankers Association is again taking off the gloves in its longstanding battle to curb Farm Credit System lending. In recent months, ABA leaders have stepped up radio and media interviews; they scored a rare House Agriculture Committee hearing that publicly flogged t...