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1 Jun 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The excessive rains plaguing many alfalfa-growing regions may turn out to be both a curse and a blessing. Some alfalfa growers are faced with wet fields or cut hay that is too moist to bale. Wet conditions are also leading to problems with quality loss. In Midwestern areas such as Nebraska, the ma...
1 Jun 2016
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA's Farm Service Agency announced Tuesday that farmers and ranchers filing crop acreage reports with the FSA and participating insurance providers approved by the Risk Management Agency now can provide the common information from their acreage reports at one office and the informat...
31 May 2016
By Todd HultmanDTN Analyst As we cross Memorial Day off the calendar and head into the growing season, 2016 has already distinguished itself with the most bullish start in spot soybeans since 1997. Riding on soybeans' coattails, spot corn just posted its highest close in ten months on Friday. Things are looking up. For those who think market clues ...
31 May 2016
By Richard OswaldDTN Special Correspondent LANGDON, Mo. (DTN) -- Deep in the fertile Eastern Corn Belt, where rows are straight and long, few people think about forage. However, DTN View From the Cab farmer Chase Brown does. "This is the most beautiful first cutting I've ever put up," Chase told DTN from his home outside Decatur, Illinois, late Sun...
31 May 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Livestock futures can be as volatile as spring weather in the Southern Plains and contracts were soaring higher Tuesday after producers spent part of last week complaining about downward price swings. Live cattle contracts opened higher Tuesday in part because consumer spending was up 1% in April...