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26 Aug 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- Seed prices, and the companies that set them, have appeared stubbornly indifferent to the decline in commodity crop values over the past few growing seasons. This past indifference -- and farmers' growing frustration over it -- may have changed, with some seed companies now re-examining...
26 Aug 2016
By Mary KennedyDTN Cash Grains Analyst The DTN average weekly DDG spot price was unchanged for the week ended August 25 at $122 per ton. Of the 37 locations DTN collects spot prices from, eight showed increases of $2 to $5 from last week, five locations reported decreases of $5 and the balance of the prices were unchanged. A trader told DTN that pr...
26 Aug 2016
By Chris Clayton DTN Ag Policy Editor and Pam Smith DTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor ROCHESTER, Minnesota (DTN) -- The overwhelming take-away from the 2016 Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour was it's a great corn crop, but probably not a record. Tour scouts expected to see a bumper corn crop based on USDA's August national average estimate...
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...