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23 Nov 2015
By Victoria G. MyersProgressive Farmer Senior Editor Landowners may be paying a price for pursuing the golden temptress of commodities. Where the allure of $8-a-bushel corn led to tilled-up pastures and torn-down fences, remorse seems to be setting in. "In our part of the country, a lot of properties that were converted from pasture to row crop ar...
20 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter MANHATTAN, Kan. (DTN) -- Kansas officials are working to get a handle on the state of the High Plains Aquifer and questions remain about if or how long aquifer levels can be sustained. More data is needed regarding how the aquifer behaves and how efforts by farmers and other water users could affect its future, stat...
20 Nov 2015
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. SKY-HIGH YIELD ESTIMATES Scientists from Stanford University are going all the way to space to estimate crop yields. According to a university media release, a team of researchers has figur...
20 Nov 2015
By Cheryl AndersonDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Swine producers don't need to worry as much about sulfur concentrations from distillers grains in feed rations, according to research done at the University of Illinois. According to Hans H. Stein, professor of animal science at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, pigs are able to tolera...
19 Nov 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically engineered salmon as "safe to eat." But the approval came in the form of a drug approval, and consumer advocates promised to try to stop its commercialization. "The FDA scientists rigorously evaluated extensive data sub...