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11 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- This bi-monthly column condenses the latest news in the field of crop technology, research and products. DON'T GAMBLE WITH APHIDS The soybean aphid will always win the numbers game. Each year, aphid populations can produce multiple generations within a growing season in the same field, which m...
8 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Although a total won't be known for some time, the High Plains of western Texas and eastern New Mexico are still recovering from a blizzard that resulted in the loss of at least 35,000 cattle. The blizzard swept through a large land mass in these areas on Dec. 27 and into Dec. 28, dumping 2 to 3 f...
8 Jan 2016
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- What a difference a season makes. The floodwaters that swamped parts of Missouri and Illinois last week would have covered crops and swept away seedlings in the spring or summer. In late December, however, the biggest agronomic threat to farmers was the winter wheat crop hunkering down for th...
8 Jan 2016
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter While waning ethanol production resulted in a marginal increase of distillers grains in December, that run-up in prices seems to have ended with a slight downturn in prices this week. According to Abby Roberts -- merchandising manager for POET Nutrition in Sioux Falls, South Dakota -- December brought an end-of-...
7 Jan 2016
By Chris ClaytonDTN Policy Editor OMAHA (DTN) -- As Bob Stallman was beginning a weeklong ride into the sunset, ending his 16-year term as president of the American Farm Bureau, the four candidates seeking to take the helm at Farm Bureau were gearing up to make their final pitches to the group's membership. Stallman was recognized Wednesday in Was...