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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...
4 Apr 2016
By Mary KennedyCash Grains Analyst Several national and state groups are working to help U.S. grain facilities comply with new rules for the handling, transportation and storage of food and animal feed that are part of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA) along with the Minnesota Grain and Feed Associa...
4 Apr 2016
By Pamela Smith DTN Crops Technology Editor DECATUR, Ill. (DTN) -- Kirk Martin finds it a little more than ironic that the latest news on dicamba soybeans came on April Fool's day. The Mason City, Ill., farmer was one of the first farmers to raise dicamba soybeans for seed. He's been anxiously waiting for news that an herbicide to go with the trait...
4 Apr 2016
By Elizabeth WilliamsDTN Special Correspondent AMES, Iowa (DTN) -- Cautious -- that's what the farmland brokers and rural appraisers termed their mood last week at the spring meeting of the Iowa Realtors Land Institute. It may look like business as usual as planting begins, but beneath the surface, financial stress is building in farm country, Iowa...