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5 Jul 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst The soybean/corn ratio is a popular topic at springtime, known for its role in the annual rite of guessing planting acres. It's a shame that most of us (myself included) tend to ignore this ratio the rest of the year because the ratio itself has been stable for decades and offers valuable clues about the future prices of...
1 Jul 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter The direction of distillers dried grains prices in recent months has been dictated by the prices of corn and soybean meal. Both corn and soybean meal compete with DDG as a source of protein in livestock rations. Prices of DDG followed an upward trend in corn and soybean meal prices between early April and mid-Ju...
1 Jul 2016
By Paul Queck DTN/Progressive Farmer Contributing Editor Can cover crop roots clog field tile? Reports of tile clogging in Indiana rolled in this spring to Purdue University Extension agronomist and cover crop specialist Eileen Kladivko. "Rarely did I hear about it in the past," said Kladivko. "This year I heard about it a lot." It wasn't just In...
30 Jun 2016
By John HarringtonDTN Livestock Analyst Last Friday rained livestock supply data like the soggiest days of Noah. The dark clouds of NASS opened up in early afternoon, dumping buckets of numbers linked to cattle on feed, family planning in the swine industry and stacked pallets of frozen cuts of meat in cold storage. As if this statistical gully wa...
30 Jun 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- As combines roll across the Great Plains, wheat growers are reporting some eye-popping yields, but the 2016 winter wheat harvest isn't quite perfect, agronomists, farmers and elevators told DTN. "Yields are better than anyone's ever seen," said Mike Schmidt, the grain and operations man...