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19 Nov 2015
By Clair UrbainProgressive Farmer Contributing Editor Scott McKee can still feel the combine engine pulling down as it gobbled his 2014 South Dakota Soybean Association yield contest entry. "The combine had to creep along. The stems were still green because we didn't have a hard frost by harvest. We didn't realize we were harvesting more than 100-...
19 Nov 2015
By Todd NeeleyDTN Staff Reporter OMAHA (DTN) -- Five years ago when Nevada, Iowa, farmer Brian Sampson first heard about harvesting corn stover for ethanol, he thought it sounded akin to putting a man on Mars. The corn, soybean and cattle producer now knows it's no longer in the realm of science fiction. Cellulosic ethanol production is ramping up ...
18 Nov 2015
By Emily UnglesbeeDTN Staff Reporter ST. LOUIS (DTN) -- On Nov. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a final cancellation order on sulfoxaflor, the active ingredient in several insecticides produced by Dow AgroSciences, including Transform WG. Growers may use up any products they own containing sulfoxaflor (see the list here: http...
18 Nov 2015
By Jerry HagstromDTN Political Correspondent WASHINGTON (DTN) -- The federal crop insurance program goal of a 14.5% targeted rate of return, which would be cut under a provision in the recently passed budget bill, is not the same as a net profit at the same level, the crop insurance industry said on Tuesday in a one-page explanation. Actual returns...
18 Nov 2015
By Marcia Zarley TaylorDTN Executive Editor HADDONFIELD, N.J. (DTN) -- Farmland Partners CEO Paul Pittman admits his firm's purchase of 120 Illinois farms last week is "a very, very big deal," probably one of the largest single Grain Belt purchases in history. But while this mega-landlord expects the agriculture real estate investment trust he foun...