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1 Sep 2015
By Jim PatricoProgressive Farmer Senior Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- It's become traditional at the Farm Progress Show for Jim Walker, Case IH's vice president for North American ag equipment sales, to provide the ag media with a quick look at the state of the farm equipment industry. Monday's assessment was realistic and --cautiously -- optimisti...
1 Sep 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist I really like getting reader questions because it lets me know what is on grower's minds. Recently, a Pennsylvania grower asked me to make some specific comments about starter fertilizer and placement and foliar nutritional products for soybeans and cautions about their use. The question: "Is there any...
31 Aug 2015
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent INDIANOLA, Iowa (DTN) -- Defining a fair rent is likely to get a little tricky this fall. Landowners read the headlines, "Cash rents have to come down" for farmers to survive. "But my landowning clients ask what about equipment costs, family living expenses and crop inputs?" said Dale Aupperle with Hea...
31 Aug 2015
By Cheri ZagurskiDTN Managing Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- Corn condition ratings dropped slightly while soybean conditions held steady in the week ended Aug. 30, according to USDA's latest Crop Progress report. Sixty percent of the nation's corn crop is in the dent stage and 9% is mature, compared to 39% and not available last week and five-year averages...
31 Aug 2015
By Ken JohnsonDTN Fertilizer Columnist AMMONIA World ammonia prices were flat through August with Yuzhnyy quoted at $380 to $395 per metric ton fob (free on board -- the buyer pays for transportation of the goods). (All prices in this column are wholesale.) In mid- and late-August, a number of plant turnarounds were announced in both FSU and Middle...