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25 Aug 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Pam Smith DTN/Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor And Pam Smith DTN/The Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor AMES, Iowa, and GAYLORD, Minn. (DTN) -- Scout teams from the eastern leg of the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour fanned out Thursday morning on the las...
25 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- A handful of scientists believe better corn rootworm control is closer than we think -- specifically, just under our feet. Your average cornfield hosts an impressive array of life. Microbes, bacteria, fungi, nematodes and insect predators like spiders, mites and beetles can lurk in every...
24 Aug 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Abengoa Bioenergy's cellulosic ethanol plant in Hugoton, Kansas, could have a new owner by the end of October, an official with the company hired by Abengoa to sell the plant told DTN Wednesday in an exclusive interview. Mark Fisler, managing director of Los Angeles-based Ocean Park Advisers, the com...
24 Aug 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the third week of August 2016 show price declines accelerating in recent weeks. All eight major fertilizers headed lower compared to a month earlier and all but one fertilizer has seen significant price drops. UAN28 is now 11% lower compared to the month p...
24 Aug 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Pam Smith DTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor BLOOMINGTON, Illinois and NEBRASKA CITY, Nebraska (DTN) -- Crop scouts on the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour came into the week wondering if USDA's August estimates could be right. The second day of tour made that question even more pertinent as variab...