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29 Apr 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Ag Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Kevin Glanz doesn't believe his crop insurance policy should be put in jeopardy because he's following a cover-cropping practice approved by USDA's Risk Management Agency. Yet Glanz has already been told his corn crop will face a quality control audit this growing season by Des Moines-based Rain ...
28 Apr 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Creditors in the U.S. will have to recognize Abengoa SA's standstill agreement struck in Spain with creditors and bondholders giving the company until Oct. 28, 2016, to reorganize its debts, according to a ruling handed down Wednesday by a judge in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Delaware. T...
28 Apr 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, MD. (DTN) -- A nighttime vandal is sneaking through Midwestern fields. Black cutworms -- nocturnal corn cutting pests -- are already being spotted in fields this spring. Growers are being urged to scout carefully; particularly those who opted to plant conventional corn this year. Cutworm moths have ...
28 Apr 2016
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Sidedressing nitrogen became a lost art for a few years in our history. Many farmers abandoned the practice as farms grew larger and application windows grew tighter. This isn't the first practice to make a comeback, but it may be one of the most important. The current input cost crunch, the necessity t...
27 Apr 2016
By Pam SmithDTN Progressive Farmer Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Cory Ritter finished planting corn this week with one eye on the row and the other on the rain clouds approaching in the distance. The corn portion of the planting season lasted only 10 days start to finish for the Blue Mound, Illinois, farmer -- that includes the thr...