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30 Mar 2016
By Dan DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist An application of starter fertilizer may give soybeans a head start in the spring when planting earlier than normal. As with corn, when soils are cool in the spring, dry or too moist, soybean seedlings have few roots to intercept nutrients and soil organic matter isn't yet mineralizing nutrients. A band of...
30 Mar 2016
By Russ QuinnDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The average retail price of some nitrogen fertilizers accelerated during the fourth week of March 2016, while the price of other fertilizers held steady, according to retailers surveyed by DTN. As was the case last week, five of the eight major fertilizers edged higher compared to a month earlier. Both...
30 Mar 2016
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Abengoa Bioenergy's ethanol plants in the United States will have $1.5 million to cover payroll and other expenses for the next week, the United States Bankruptcy Court, Eastern District of Missouri in St. Louis, ruled on Tuesday. Abengoa operates ethanol plants in Nebraska, Kansas, New Mexico, Illino...
29 Mar 2016
By Pamela SmithDTN Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Herbicide-resistant weed worries continue to build beyond the farm field. The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday it will investigate how EPA has managed weed resistance issues related to herbicide-tolerant crops EPA has approved...
29 Mar 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ROCKVILLE, Md. (DTN) -- The March freeze that threatened his wheat crop in the Oklahoma panhandle was not a surprise to Jason Becker. After a historically mild winter, he'd spent most of the spring trying to keep the crop from maturing too fast. His fields were already three weeks ahead of normal and well into ...