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6 Apr 2016
By Pamela SmithCrops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- DuPont Pioneer has struck a commercial licensing agreement with a Chinese firm to jointly develop seeds for China farmers. The new teammate is Origin Agritech Limited, a technology-focused crop seed provider with a track record of developing modified crop traits. The Chinese government h...
6 Apr 2016
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor PLATTSBURG, Mo. (DTN) -- On the theory that good ideas can come from many sources, the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) earlier this year launched the Infrastructure Vision 2050 Challenge. It's a crowdsourcing contest with a total of $150,000 in prizes and the goal of improving America's in...
6 Apr 2016
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Remember what laptop you used in 1970? How about your cell phone? How much did you pay each month for Internet access? Exactly. Things have changed a lot since 1970. Not so for public spending on agricultural research. In 1970, U.S. public funding for ag research was about $3 billion. In 2012, it was o...
5 Apr 2016
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Sorghum, cotton and rice planting are ahead of last year's pace, but barley and oats are slightly behind, according to USDA's weekly Crop Progress report issued Tuesday. For the week ended April 3, 2016, sorghum was 13% planted, compared to 8% last year and a 13% five-year average. Cotton planting...
5 Apr 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Retail fertilizer prices continued to move higher the last week of March 2016, which has been the trend in recent weeks, according to prices tracked by DTN. Six of the eight major fertilizers edged higher compared to a month earlier. The only fertilizer up any significance is anhydrous, which is 8% abo...