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11 Sep 2015
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributor A 20-year tradition is in top gear on a bright, cool, mid-September day in the bustling kitchen of Kerri and Kyle Mehmen, near Plainfield, in northeast Iowa. Seven women are cooking -- boy are they ever. Two large frying pans sizzle under the weight of several pounds of hamburger. Two women are slicing an...
11 Sep 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- A federal court Thursday rejected the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's unconditional approval of Dow AgroScience's insecticide sulfoxaflor. How that ruling will affect growers using the product in 2015 remains to be seen. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled EPA did not have enough data...
11 Sep 2015
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy EditorandKatie MicikDTN Markets Editor WASHINGTON (DTN) -- USDA slightly reduced projected corn yields to an average 167.5 bushels an acre while boosting the expected soybean yield to 47.1 bushels an acre. USDA lowered corn production by 100 million bushels from the August projection. Soybean production was bumped up b...
10 Sep 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- As the American Petroleum Institute continues to rail against the Renewable Fuel Standard partly on the basis there isn't enough infrastructure in place to expand beyond E10, USDA Thursday announced a 21-state, $100-million initiative to nearly double the number of blender pumps available across the c...
10 Sep 2015
By Des KellerProgressive Farmer Contributor Chances are 31-year-old Zach Adams cultivates relationships with his landlords so naturally that he doesn't even realize the amount of work involved. OK, maybe not. "Time spent on landlords is a year-round job," says Adams, who farms with his father, Dean, along the Minnesota/Iowa border, near Glenville, ...