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1 Dec 2015
By Daniel DavidsonDTN Contributing Agronomist Increasing yields without incurring additional costs is what it's about in this economic climate. Planting corn earlier guarantees the best yield potential. However, environmental factors and management also enter the picture, but these also tend to take a bigger toll the later you plant. Generally, I t...
30 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- The much-anticipated, three-year Renewable Fuel Standard volumes released Monday came in below overall volumes set in the 2007 law but higher than EPA proposed back in April, and include corn-based ethanol volumes below the statutory cap of 15 billion gallons. The EPA announced a three-year program th...
30 Nov 2015
By Alastair StewartDTN South America Correspondent SAO PAULO, Brazil (DTN) -- Argentina's new president-elect, Mauricio Macri, will follow through on plans to cut the soybean export tax by 5 percentage points to 30% and sweep away restrictions on corn and wheat shipments from Dec. 10, the country's next agriculture minister, Ricardo Buryaile, told ...
30 Nov 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA, Neb. (DTN) -- Ample rains received early in the 2015 alfalfa season resulted in great yields in some alfalfa-growing regions and excellent yields in areas such as Wisconsin and Nebraska, but the rains also may have hurt the quality somewhat. "I would say most areas were at least 25% above average yield, a...
27 Nov 2015
By Dan DavidsonDTN Consulting Agronomist A recent report from Michigan State University reports no significant yield response from applying gypsum (calcium sulfate) on soybeans. It's a good example of why we never want to depend on one year of test results. The same study in 2014 showed a 6-bushel-per-acre positive yield bump in soybean. Gypsum doe...